[B-Greek] Idiom

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Mon Jan 10 10:21:47 EST 2005


On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:40:11 -0500 Jim West <jwest at highland.net> writes:
> At 09:44 AM 1/10/2005, you wrote:
> 
> 
> >Chesster67 at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hello B-Greekers.
> > >
> > > I am currently involved in a study of idiom in Koine Greek.
> > >
> > > Could a phrase be idiomatic even if it makes literal sense?
> 
> CFD Moule wrote a very fine book on Idiom in the New Testament.  
> Well worth 
> a read even though dated.  And do not miss George Caird's The 
> Language and 
> Imagery of the Bible, truly one of the finest and yet most neglected 
> books 
> on the topic.
> 
> Jim
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Except that Moule's book isn't about idioms in the way you would think of
them.  It is really a grammar.

george
gfsomsel
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