Sentence Conjunctions in the Gospel of Matthew
kai, de, tote, gar, oun and Asyndeton in Narrative Discourse
Sentence Conjunctions in the Gospel of Matthew
kai, de, tote, gar, oun and Asyndeton in Narrative Discourse
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781841272559
Number of Pages: 426
Published: 01/05/2002
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm
An application of current linguistic research on discourse markers to sentence conjunctions in Matthew's Gospel. This treatment combines linguistic insights with a detailed examination of Matthew's use of kai, de and similar conjunctions in narrative passages, culminating in a verse by verse commentary on the structure of Matthew's;miracle chapters', Matthew 8-9. Black breaks new ground in linguistic theory by modelling the interplay between features such as sentence conjunction, word order, and verb tense in the portrayal of continuity and discontinuity in Greek narrative. A volume of interest to New Testament scholars, classicists, discourse analysts and linguists alike.
Preface VII: Abbreviations XI Introduction; What Do Sentence Conjunctions 'Mean'?; Methodology; Kai: Unmarked Continuity; De: Low- to Mid-level Discontinuity; Asyndeton: Speech Margins and Narrative Breaks; Tote: Marked Continuity; Gar and Oun: 'Off-line' Inference; Sentence Conjunctions as a Linguistic System: Comments on Matthew 8.1-9.34; Conclusions; Appendix; Statistical Analysis of the Choice of Conjunction in the Gospel of Matthew - Elizabeth Allen and Vern Farewell; Cross-Tabulation Tables; Bibliography
"This book is not for the faint hearted....Black aptly and carefully applies insights from linguistics and discourse analysis....Her database is broad enough to deal with his complexity of usage. That her conclusions may illuminate structural issues is an added bonus to an already-significant analysis." Jeannine K. Brown, Religious Studies Review, January 2003