[B-Greek] Syntax and Commentaries

Perry L. Stepp plstepp at kcu.edu
Thu Aug 10 14:33:31 EDT 2006


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Subject: [B-Greek] Syntax and Commentaries


I have been looking for Commentaries that deal with issues of syntax.
I have found  that most of the so called Greek Commentaries do not deal with
syntax or if they do it is only ocassional.
I am talking here primarily about  the NIGTC & the Word series.







This is a great thread!  And important!

I've tried to find these kinds of resources, and found that I had to
piecemeal together a survey of the different syntactical options from a
variety of sources.

The amount of attention to syntax varies from author to author, within the
different series.  The new Baylor series should be very good: I'm
considering using the 1-2-3 John volume the next time I teach second year
Greek.  (Disclosure: I'm a Baylor alum, Parsons was my professor and Culy is
a friend.  They're both impressive scholars.)

The International Critical Commentary volumes SOMETIMES pay attention to
syntax--the old Sanday & Hedlam, or Cranfield, for example.  

And, for all its limitations, the old Expositor's Greek Testament (W.
Robertson Nicoll, ed.) discusses syntactical issues more often than most.

Other sources: the footnotes in the New English Translation, available free
online at www.bible.org: don't rely on the footnotes from the diglot,
they're incomplete, I'm not sure why.  

Rogers and Rogers's _Linguistic and Exegetical Key_ can be helpful.  Nigel
Turner's _Syntax_, Moule's _Idiom Book_, etc., etc.

Hope that helps.

Perry L. Stepp, Ph.D., Bh.D.

Associate Professor, Biblical Studies and Theology
Kentucky Christian University

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