Idioms of the Greek New TestamentThis Greek grammar, newly revised and reset for the second edition, can be used profitably in three ways: as an instrucitve handbook, as an intermediate level textbooks and as a basic reference work to the Greek of the New Testament. Students needing a tool to guide them from elementary textbooks to fully fledged reference grammars will welcome Idioms of the Greek New Testament. The major topics of Greek grammar are treated in a useful pedagogical sequence. Substantial discussions are provided on Greek verb structure, the case system, the use of prepositions, particles, and various types of clauses, among others. This book charts new ground in many of its chapters. Among the innovative treatments are those on tense and aspectm mood and attitude, conditional clauses, word order and clause structure, and discourse analysis. The entire grammar is written with one eye on the traditional categories of Greek grammar and with the other on recent discussions of structural linguistics. Reference to other Greek grammars is made throughout, and a glossary of terms and full indexes are provided. |
What people are saying - Write a review
Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified
LibraryThing Review
User Review - ronjawdi - LibraryThingThis book is intended to be a stepping stone for those with one year of Biblical Greek onto advanced Greek grammars. Porter does a remarkable job here. Having used several other intermediate grammars ... Read full review
LibraryThing Review
User Review - temsmail - LibraryThingIdioms in any language are the hardest thing to grasp, because they entail slight variations in meaning that are often culture driven. Idioms in one language often sound silly or meaningless in another. This work seeks to overcome that gap in understanding, from the 1st Century to now. Read full review
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION | 10 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
ABBREVIATIONS | 12 |
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
WORDS AND PHRASES | 19 |
TENSE AND ASPECT AND PERIPHRASTIC CONSTRUCTIONS | 20 |
MOOD AND ATTITUDE | 50 |
PARTICLES AND CONJUNCTIONS | 204 |
CLAUSES AND LARGER UNITS | 219 |
COMMANDS AND PROHIBITIONS | 220 |
DEPENDENT CLAUSES | 230 |
RELATIVE CLAUSES | 244 |
CONDITIONAL CLAUSES | 254 |
INDIRECT DISCOURSE | 268 |
QUESTIONS | 276 |
VOICE NUMBER AND PERSON | 62 |
CASES AND GENDER | 80 |
THE ARTICLE | 103 |
ADJECTIVES | 115 |
ADVERBS | 125 |
PRONOUNS | 128 |
PREPOSITIONS | 139 |
PARTICIPLES | 181 |
INFINITIVES | 194 |
NEGATION | 281 |
WORD ORDER AND CLAUSE STRUCTURE | 286 |
DISCOURSE ANALYSIS | 298 |
GLOSSARY | 308 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 315 |
317 | |
330 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accusative action Acts adjective adverbs analysis aorist appears Book Chapter Christ clause commands common complete conditional conjunction connective considered construction context dative dependent direct discourse discussion distinction elements English example frequent function future genitive give given Grammar grammarians Greek Idiom imperative indicative indicative mood indirect infinitive instances introduced Jesus language linguistic major meaning modifier mood Moule negative nominative normally Note noun NT Greek object occurs participle particular patterns Paul perfect person phrase plural position predicate preposition present probably pronoun question reference regarding relation relative result Robertson semantic sense similar simply singular speech structure subjunctive substantive Syntax temporal tense tense-form things third translation usage various verb Verbal Aspect voice αὐτοῦ δὲ εἰς ἐν καὶ μὴ οὐκ τὰ τῇ τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τοῦ τῷ τῶν