[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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