[B-Greek] Wallace or Porter?
Elizabeth Kline
kline-dekooning at earthlink.net
Sat Aug 27 00:28:08 EDT 2005
On Aug 26, 2005, at 8:40 PM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:
> Porter you will want to own
Idioms is one of Porter's more accessible publications. The contrast
between Idioms and some of his other works invites speculation about
the editorial process. Perhaps Idioms is the product of a redactor
who took the raw Porter product and transformed it into a useful text
book. One doesn't need to be a Systemic Functionalist to make use of
Porter. Aside from occasional employment of concepts from linguistics
(e.g., slot and filler), you could read Idioms without knowing that
Porter was a linguist. His framework isn't traditional grammar but
you need to pay close attention to see the difference. There is
nothing new about the format of the presentation. Idioms is more
traditional in that respect than other recent NT Greek text books.
Elizabeth Kline
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