[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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