[B-Greek] word order

Jim West jwest at highland.net
Mon May 30 16:17:07 EDT 2005



R Yochanan Bitan Buth wrote:

>>Finally, to my question:
>>    
>>
>Is Moulton a worthwhile volume(s), or has more recent scholarship made
>his work 'obsolete'?>
> 
>
>The question was about statistics. Turner's contributions (v.3 and 4)
>have been criticized, rightly so, for seeing in the NT a dialect of
>'Jewish Greek'. On the otherhand, Turner presents many statistics and
>data that are quite useful, regardless of Turner's conclusions. 
>  
>

Yet all of the NT authors were Jews writing in Greek (except perhaps 
"Luke").  I think it only right to counter the criticism of Turner with 
support for his view.  The 4 volumes of his grammar are well worth the 
price and the effort to master them.

Best

Jim

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