Everything I have ever read on the subject of DA has left me befuddled but I suspect that is because I have yet to be convinced of the value of it for translation or biblical studies. Lynn :-) > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Weiss [mailto:eweiss@gte.net] > Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 1:30 PM > To: Biblical Greek > Cc: Biblical Greek > Subject: [b-greek] Re: Romans 8:8-9, was Discourse Analysis > (computermodel) > > > I have tried TWICE to read Beekman and Callow and I always > end up befuddled. I > must have a mental block somewhere as far as DA is concerned. > Hence, I have > sought other books, though I told my teacher that I might try > to read SSWC again. > > clayton stirling bartholomew wrote: > > > on 08/04/00 11:09 AM, Eric Weiss wrote: > > > > > By the way, I ran into my old Greek teacher at a > bookstore. He still thinks > > > Beekman and Callow, The Semantic Structure of Written > Communication, is the > > > best book on DA. > > > > Perhaps your "old Greek teacher" has gotten a little behind > on his reading. > > If my memory serves me correctly the first edition of > Beekman and Callow is > > now about 20 years old. DA has exploded in the last 10 > years and even though > > I found Beekman and Callow well worth taking the time to > read, I think it > > should not be currently considered "the best work on DA." > > > > Of course this sort of a judgement is highly subjective and > presupposes the > > notion that we are making some sort of "progress" in our > understanding of > > these matters. This notion of "progress" in biblical > studies in general is > > one which I find most amusing. As post enlightnement rationalism and > > naturalism has come to dominate biblical studies I suspect > that a good > > argument could be made that we have not seen any progress > in the last > > several hundred years but precisely the opposite. > > > > But that is not a topic for b-greek so I will cease and > desist before I call > > down the wrath of gods on my head. > > > > -- > > Clayton Stirling Bartholomew > > Three Tree Point > > P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062 > > > --- > B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek > You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: rltrapp@bluebunny.com > To unsubscribe, forward this message to > leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu > To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu > > --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu