Luke in His Own Words - A Study of the Language of Luke-Acts in Greek

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: The Article before Proper Names
Chapter Three: Sentence Connectives
Chapter Four: Word Order
Chapter Five: Expressions for the Holy Spirit
Chapter Six: The Tracking of Participants
Chapter Seven: Parallel Terms
Chapter Eight: The Structure of the Books
Chapter Nine: Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Jenny Read-Heimerdinger is post-graduate supervisor at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK

Summary

Jenny Read-Heimerdinger examines the language of Luke-Acts, exploring aspects of Luke’s use of Greek that traditional approaches have not generally accounted for previously. Drawing on contemporary developments in linguistics — broadly referred to as ‘discourse analysis’ — Read-Heimerdinger emphasises that paying close attention to the context of language is vital to understanding the reasons behind an author’s choices.

Read-Heimerdinger applies the tools of discourse analysis to several features of Luke’s Greek — such as variation in word order, the use of the article and fine distinctions between synonyms — in order to demonstrate how principles that govern their use subsequently affect exegesis. In addition, she makes suggestions to account for manuscript variation, which in turn have an impact on the editorial choices of Nestle-Aland’s Greek New Testament.

Product details

• Authors: READ HEIMERDINGER JE, Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, Read-Heimerdinger Jenny
• Assisted by: Chris Keith (Editor)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9780567692986
• ISBN: 978-0-567-69298-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Library of New Testament Studi; The Library of New Testament Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Religion and beliefs, Christianity: sacred texts and revered writings, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, New Testaments, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Writings of the Early Church Fathers