[B-Greek] Book: Development of Greek

James Ernest jernest at bakerbooks.com
Wed Apr 21 12:45:09 EDT 2004


Spotted in the new Mohr Siebeck catalogue and probably of interest to
several B-greekers:

Caragounis, Chrys C.
The Development of Greek and the New Testament
Morphology, Syntax, Phonology, and Textual Transmission

The introduction of the Erasmian pronunciation in 1528 had two dire
consequences: Greek was divided into ancient and modern - a division that
led to the neglect of the later periods of the language, and the
pronunciation applied made impossible the detection of many communicatory
aspects and obscured many text-critical problems. Chrys C. Caragounis argues
for the unity of the Greek language from Mycenaean times to the present. The
New Testament appears during the time of transition (335 B.C. - A.D. 565)
from ancient to modern Greek. Morphological and syntactical analysis shows
that the New Testament often adumbrates morphological and syntactical
changes that characterize later Greek, up to Neohellenic. This means that
the evidence of Later Greek is often a sine qua non for a fuller
understanding of the New Testament. The Historical Greek Pronunciation helps
us detect rhetorical figures, wordplays, etc. that the Erasmian
pronunciation has missed, and its application on MS readings solves many
text-critical cruces.

2004. ca. 740 pages (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament)
ISBN 3-16-148290-5 cloth   ca. € 140.00    into the shopping basket (cloth)


Caragounis, Chrys C
Born 1940; B.D. Honours at London University; Th.D. at Uppsala University;
Professor in New Testament Exegesis at Lund University, Sweden.


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