INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND NAMES


A

active voice, 92 – 95, 101 – 3. See also deponency; voice system

Acts, 80, 167 – 68, 170 – 73

Aktionsart

defining, 108

gnomic Aktionsart, 117, 122 – 23

ingressive Aktionsart, 122

punctiliar Aktionsart, 122

semantic features of, 121 – 24

study of, 32

summary Aktionsart, 122

tense and, 107 – 10, 120

verbal aspect and, 25, 31, 105 – 33

voice system and, 101 – 3

Allan, Rutger J., 95 – 96, 98 – 99, 102

Allen, Sidney, 194 – 95

ambiguity, 79 – 81

Ancient Greek scholarship, 21 – 25, 29 – 30, 48 – 49. See also Greek scholarship

aorist forms, 64, 67, 95 – 101, 107 – 11, 139 – 40, 172

aorist indicatives, 114 – 16, 120 – 26, 141

aoristic functions, 34, 54

Apostolic Fathers, 211

Attic style, 136, 144

Austen, Jane, 136

B

Bakker, Egbert, 99, 101

Bakker, Stephanie, 160

Bally, Charles, 35

Barr, James, 41 – 42, 85

Barth, Karl, 136

Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek, 105 – 6, 120 – 21, 131

Bauer, W., 87 – 89

Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament, 191

Beneš, E., 163

Bentein, Klaas, 49

Bibelstudien, 33

Biblical and Ancient Greek Linguistics (BAGL), 48

Biblical Words and Their Meaning, 73

biographical genre, 140. See also genre

Black, David Alan, 51 – 52, 69, 150

Blass, Friedrich, 32

blogs, 142. See also genre

Bopp, Franz, 31

boundary features, 173 – 75

Boyer, James, 45

Brugmann, Karl, 31 – 32

Bubenik, Vit, 49

Burton, Ernest de Witt, 32

Buth, Randall, 200, 204 – 5, 216 – 18

C

Callow, Kathleen, 150, 171

Calvin, John, 136

Campbell, Constantine R., 47, 89, 98, 105 – 6, 112 – 19, 124, 141, 221

Caragounis, Chrys, 192, 195, 196, 200

Carson, D. A., 47, 118, 119

Chantraine, Pierre, 38

Chomsky, Noam, 40 – 41, 49, 58 – 60, 63

Christ, death of, 120, 156

Cirafesi, Wally V., 113, 114, 132

Clancy, Tom, 136

Classical Greek, 56, 94, 195, 203 – 5, 217

clausal analysis, 136 – 37, 191

clausal syntax, 136 – 37

cohesion

analysis of, 157 – 59

co-classification and, 158

co-extension and, 158 – 59

co-reference and, 158

componential ties, 158 – 59

concept of, 149, 152 – 54

concerns about, 149, 152 – 54

conjunction and, 155

context of situation, 153 – 54

ellipsis and, 155 – 56

endophoric reference, 155

evaluation of, 159 – 61

exophoric reference, 155

explanation of, 152 – 54

lexical cohesion, 154, 156

linguistic cohesiveness, 153 – 54

organic ties, 157 – 58

reference and, 155

referential chains, 155

register and, 154

resources of, 154 – 56

study of, 152 – 53

synonymy and, 156

theory of, 159 – 60

Cohesion in English, 42, 153, 157

Colossians, 127

Concise Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, 88

connectives, 179 – 81

Conrad, Carl W., 94 – 95, 98 – 101

constituent order, 166 – 67

context, 75 – 78, 80, 153

context of situation, 77, 143, 153 – 54

contextual circles, 76 – 77

Continental European school of discourse analysis, 151 – 52

conversation reports, 173

Corinthians, 77

Cotterell, Peter, 69, 74 – 75, 81

Cours de linguistique générale, 35, 37

Crellin, Robert, 119

Crystal, David, 36, 135

Curtius, Georg, 31, 70, 109 – 10

D

Danker, Frederick W., 72, 83 – 85, 87 – 89

De recta latini graecique sermonic pronuntiatione, 194

Decker, Rodney J., 70, 103, 112, 114,

207, 211 – 12

Deissmann, Adolf, 33

Delbrück, Berthold, 31 – 32

deponency. See also voice system

active voice and, 92 – 95, 101 – 3

challenges of, 99 – 101

concept of, 25, 91 – 104

in future, 101 – 2

history of, 91 – 98

middle-passive voice and, 94 – 95, 100 – 101

middle voice and, 91 – 92, 100 – 101

mixed deponents, 100

passive deponents, 100 – 101

passive voice and, 92 – 95, 100 – 101

rejection of, 99

setting aside, 98 – 99

understanding, 91 – 92, 101 – 3

validity of, 91 – 92

deponentia, 95 – 96

dialect, 131 – 32, 135, 144

Die griechische Sprache im Zeitalter des Hellenismus, 33, 226

Dik, Simon, 62

discourse analysis

approaches to, 26, 148 – 61, 163 – 91

backgrounded materials, 171 – 73

basic theory of, 164 – 66

boundary features, 173 – 75

building blocks for, 188 – 90

cohesion analysis, 157 – 59

cohesion concerns, 149, 152 – 54

cohesion evaluation, 159 – 61

cohesion resources, 154 – 56

componential ties, 158 – 59

connectives, 179 – 81

constituent order for, 166 – 67

conversation reports, 173

discourse grammar, 188 – 90

discourse markers, 149

eclectic approach to, 164, 176, 190

evaluation of, 175 – 77, 188 – 90

exegesis modes, 149

explanation of, 148 – 50

foregrounded materials, 171 – 73

forward-pointing devices, 181 – 83

foundations for, 178 – 81

framing devices, 183 – 84

functional approach to, 164 – 65

Hallidayan approaches to, 148 – 61

highlighting devices, 185 – 86

idiolect and, 165

information structuring devices, 183 – 84

linguistic patterns for, 149

linguistic theories for, 164 – 66

literary analysis, 149

markedness theory, 165, 178 – 79, 189 – 90

organic ties, 157 – 58

points of departure, 166 – 67, 174

pragmatics and, 165 – 66, 178

reference and, 155, 169 – 71

rhetorical analysis, 149

schools of, 150 – 52

semantics and, 165 – 66, 178

sentence conjunctions, 167 – 69

thematic highlighting devices, 185 – 86

theory of, 164 – 66

value of, 164

“word order” analysis, 166, 183 – 84

Discourse Analysis and Other Topics in Biblical Greek, 150

Discourse Cohesion in Ancient Greek, 160

Discourse Considerations in Translating the Word of God, 150

Discourse Features of New Testament Greek, 164, 175, 176, 177

discourse grammar, 188 – 90. See also discourse analysis

Discourse Grammar of the New Testament, 178, 181, 183, 185, 188 – 89

discourse, planes of, 127 – 30

discourse, strands of, 124 – 26

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 136

Drummen, Annemieke, 159

Dryer, Matthew S., 43

Dyscolus, Apollonius, 24, 97, 98

E

eclecticism, 164, 176, 190

Elements of New Testament Greek, The, 210

Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and

Linguistics (EAGLL), 48 – 49

epistolary genre, 140 – 42. See also genre

Erasmus, 192 – 95, 204 – 8

etymology, 41, 53, 81, 197

Euripides, 161

Evans, Trevor V., 112, 114

exegesis

discourse analysis and, 149

of Greek pronunciation, 26, 192

of New Testament, 119 – 20, 128 – 29

understanding, 225 – 26

verbal aspect and, 119 – 30

experiential metafunction, 65

F

Fanning, Buist M., 43, 45 – 47, 70, 106, 111 – 14, 117 – 20

Ferguson, C. A., 142

Filologia Neotestamentaria, 48

Firbas, Jan, 163

Firth, J. R., 39 – 40, 62

forward-pointing devices, 181 – 83

framing devices, 183 – 84

Functional Grammar, 62

functional linguistics, 42, 51, 60 – 70. See also linguistics

Fundamentals of New Testament Greek, 102 – 3, 207

G

Galatians, 127

Gardiner, Stephen, 195

generative linguistics, 42, 55, 58 – 61, 67 – 69. See also linguistics

genre

biographical genre, 140

of blogs, 142

defining, 140

epistolary genre, 140 – 42

idiolect and, 26, 131 – 32, 134 – 35, 140 – 47

literary genre, 140

narrative genre, 140 – 41

register and, 141 – 42

George, Coulter, 49

Giannakis, Georgios K., 48

Gignac, Francis T., 197 – 98, 200, 204

gnomic Aktionsart, 117, 122 – 23. See also Aktionsart

God, Language, and Scripture, 53, 69

Gospels

conversation reports, 173

patterns of, 136 – 37

register and, 143 – 44

sentence conjunctions in, 167 – 69

Synoptic Gospels, 137 – 40, 173

tenses in, 134 – 40

understanding, 134 – 36

grammar. See also language

defining, 66 – 67

Greek grammars, 24 – 26, 32 – 35, 51 – 55, 67, 97, 102 – 3, 204 – 7, 209 – 23

immersion methods for, 215 – 22

interpreting, 66 – 67

learning, 26, 51 – 52, 102 – 3, 209 – 23

learning styles, 214 – 15

lexicogrammar, 66 – 67

linguistics and, 51 – 55

pronunciation of, 204 – 7

semantics and, 66 – 67

teaching, 26, 102 – 3, 209 – 23

Grammar of New Testament Greek, A, 34

Grammar of the Greek New Testament in the Light of Historical Research, 34

Grammar of the Greek Papyri of the Roman and Byzantine Periods, A, 197

Grammatik des neutestamentlichen Griechisch, 32

Grammatik des neutestamentlichen Sprachidioms, 31

Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains, 44, 87

Greek grammars

contributions to, 24, 32 – 35

immersion methods for, 215 – 22

interpreting, 67

learning, 26, 51 – 52, 102 – 3, 209 – 23

learning styles, 214 – 15

linguistics and, 51 – 55

pronunciation of, 204 – 7

semantics and, 66 – 67

teaching, 26, 102 – 3, 209 – 23

Greek, learning

approaches to, 26, 102 – 3, 209 – 23

fresh ideas for, 210 – 11

immersion methods of, 215 – 22

learning styles, 214 – 15

retention of Greek, 221 – 22

technology for, 212 – 14

traditional methods of, 210 – 11

Greek linguistics. See also linguistics

advances in, 23 – 24, 35, 103, 148

grammar and, 51 – 55

topics in, 46 – 49

Greek pronunciation

consonants, 196 – 203

debates about, 26, 192 – 208

diacritical marks, 203

diphthongs, 196 – 98, 204 – 5

Erasmian system of, 195, 204 – 8

evidence on, 196 – 200

examples of, 197 – 203

exegesis of, 26, 192

grammar and, 204 – 7

guide to, 200 – 203

importance of, 192 – 93

Koine Greek, 192 – 95, 200 – 207

syllabification, 200

system of, 194 – 96, 200 – 204

vowels, 196 – 201

Greek, reading, 210 – 12, 221

Greek retention, 221 – 22

Greek scholarship. See also Greek studies

Ancient Greek scholarship, 21 – 25, 29 – 30, 48 – 49, 56 – 57, 69, 86, 89, 95, 151, 160 – 61, 193 – 95

importance of, 225 – 26

insights into, 225 – 26

introduction to, 20 – 27

New Testament and, 20 – 23, 52 – 55, 225 – 26

Greek studies. See also Greek scholarship

history of, 24 – 25, 29 – 50

importance of, 225 – 26

introduction to, 20 – 27

in modern era, 45 – 49

in modern linguistics era, 35 – 45

New Testament and, 20 – 23, 52 – 55, 225 – 26

in nineteenth century, 30 – 32

in twentieth century, 32 – 35

understanding, 26 – 27, 225 – 26

Greek, teaching

approaches to, 26, 102 – 3, 209 – 23

fresh ideas for, 210 – 11

immersion methods of, 215 – 22

learning styles, 214 – 15

retention of Greek, 221 – 22

technology for, 212 – 14

traditional methods of, 210 – 11

Greek verbal system, 30 – 37, 43, 69 – 70, 94, 105, 109 – 18, 125 – 26, 130

Greenberg, Joseph H., 42 – 43

Grundriß der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen, 31 – 32

Guthrie, George H., 105, 151

H

Halcomb, Michael, 217

Halliday, M. A. K., 40, 42, 49, 51, 62 – 66, 140 – 41, 148 – 61, 190 – 91

Hallidayan approaches, 148 – 61

Halliday’s Introduction to Functional Grammar, 42, 153

Hasan, Ruqaiya, 42, 151 – 55, 157, 159 – 61

Hatina, Thomas R., 127

Hellenistic prose, 33 – 34, 49, 136, 140, 143

Hellholm, D., 151

Hesiod, 161

High Definition Commentary, 191

highlighting devices, 185 – 86

History of New Testament Lexicography, 86

Homer, 161

Hudson, Ben, 102

Huffman, Douglas S., 113, 114

I

ideational metafunction, 64 – 66

idiolect

defining, 135

dialect and, 131 – 32, 135

discourse analysis and, 165

elements of, 135 – 37

examples of, 135 – 36

genre and, 26, 131 – 32, 134 – 35, 140 – 47

pragmatics and, 144 – 45

register and, 26, 134 – 35, 140 – 46

imperfective aspect, 106 – 8, 111 – 13, 118 – 21, 125 – 30, 141, 171, 182. See also verbal aspect

indicative verbs, 69 – 70, 114 – 16, 125 – 26, 137 – 38

information structuring devices, 183 – 84

ingressive Aktionsart, 122. See also Aktionsart

interpersonal metafunction, 65 – 66

J

Jakobson, Roman, 38, 49

Jipp, Joshua, 80

Johannine Epistles, 144 – 45

Johanson, B. C., 151

John, 134, 137 – 40, 144 – 45, 169, 173, 176

K

Keep Your Greek: Strategies for Busy People, 221 – 22

Kittel, Gerhard, 41

Koine, Chariton, 139 – 40

Koine Greek

evolution of, 33 – 34

explanation of, 29 – 30

immersion methods for, 215 – 20

linguistics and, 48

pronunciation of, 192 – 95, 200 – 207

Koine period, 56 – 57, 82, 192, 200 – 201, 204

L

Labov, William, 38, 153

Ladewig, Stratton L., 97 – 99

Lamb, S. M., 150

Lang, Peter, 47, 119

language. See also grammar

architecture of, 66 – 67

lexicogrammar and, 66 – 67

linguistics and, 51 – 52

meanings and, 66 – 67

paradigmatic choice, 67 – 68, 78

phonology and, 66 – 67

semantics and, 66 – 67

strata of, 66 – 67

study of, 35, 51 – 56

syntagmatic chains, 67 – 68

systemic functional approach to, 66 – 67

theories of, 41, 52, 116

understanding, 225 – 26

verbal system, 30 – 37, 43, 69 – 70, 94, 105, 109 – 18, 125 – 26, 130

Language in Relation to a Unified Theory of

Structure of Human Behavior, 43 – 44

Laskaris, Constantine, 195

Laskaris, Ianos, 195

Lee, John A. L., 72, 86, 88, 200 – 201

Levinsohn, Stephen H., 43, 149 – 50, 163 – 77, 189 – 91

lexemes, 72, 101 – 2, 121 – 24

Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament, The, 178, 186

lexical semantics

concept of, 25, 72 – 73

context of, 75 – 78, 80, 153

contextual circles, 76 – 77

implications of, 81 – 82

lexical ambiguity, 79 – 81

lexical choice, 78 – 79

lexical cohesion, 154, 156

lexical fields, 79

literary context, 75 – 77, 80, 153

methodology of, 72 – 90

symbol-sense-referent triangle, 73 – 74

synonymy, 74 – 75

theory of, 73

Lexical Semantics of the Greek new Testament, 45

lexicogrammar, 66 – 67. See also grammar

lexicography

challenges of, 83 – 85

concept of, 25, 72 – 73

issues in, 72 – 90

methodological issues of, 86 – 87

New Testament and, 82 – 89

“stained glass” connotation, 84

Licht vom Osten, 33

Linguistic Biblical Studies, 47

linguistic methodologies, 22 – 25, 46, 69, 149. See also linguistics

linguistic terminology, 25, 51, 64, 121

linguistic theories

caution on, 177

for discourse analysis, 164 – 66

generative linguistics, 42, 55, 58 – 61, 67 – 69

linguistic methodologies and, 25, 51

linguistic terminology and, 25

markedness theory, 190

mental reality and, 41

need for, 25, 51 – 71

verbal aspect and, 114

linguistics. See also linguistic theories

advances in, 23 – 24, 35, 103, 148

branches of, 55 – 58

descriptive linguistics, 55 – 56, 58

diachronic linguistics, 36, 58

field of, 30, 57 – 59

functional linguistics, 42, 51, 60 – 70

generative linguistics, 42, 55, 58 – 61, 67 – 69

grammar and, 51 – 55

grasp of, 25

Greek linguistics, 23 – 24, 35, 46 – 49, 103, 148

language and, 51 – 52

macrolinguistics, 57 – 58

microlinguistics, 57 – 58

modern linguistics era, 35 – 46, 49 – 51, 57

New Testament and, 52 – 55

sociolinguistics, 38, 48, 57

study of, 42, 51 – 52

synchronic linguistics, 35 – 39, 56 – 58

topics in, 46 – 49

Linguistics and Biblical Interpretation, 69

Linguistics for Students of New Testament Greek, 69

literary analysis, 149. See also discourse analysis

literary genre, 140. See also genre

logical metafunction, 65

London School, 39 – 40, 42

Long, Craig, 130

Longacre, Robert E., 44, 163

Louw, Johannes P., 44 – 46, 72, 77, 87 – 89, 152

Louw school of discourse analysis, 152

Luke, 129, 134, 136 – 40, 143 – 45, 173

Luther, Martin, 20

Lyons, John, 40, 49, 55 – 58, 61

Lysias, 161

M

macrolinguistics, 57 – 58. See also

linguistics

Manutius, Aldus, 195

Mark, 129, 134, 136 – 40, 143 – 44, 173, 176

markedness theory, 165, 178 – 79, 189 – 90

Mathesius, Vilém, 37 – 38

Mathewson, David L., 113, 114, 131

Matthew, 129, 134, 137 – 40, 168, 173, 176

Matthiessen, Christian M. I. M., 62 – 65, 153 – 56

McKay, Kenneth L., 43, 70, 93, 98,

110 – 11, 114

media tantrum, 95 – 96

metafunctions, 64 – 66

microlinguistics, 57 – 58. See also linguistics

middle voice. See also voice system

active voice and, 92 – 95, 101 – 3

concept of, 25, 91 – 104

deponency and, 91 – 92, 100 – 101

middle-passive voice and, 94 – 95, 100 – 101

passive deponents and, 100 – 101

passive voice and, 92 – 97, 100 – 101

reconstituting, 99

understanding, 102

Miller, Neva F., 93, 96, 99, 102

Moulton, James Hope, 34, 92, 98, 100 – 101

Moulton, W. F., 31, 33

N

narrative genre, 140 – 41. See also genre

narrative structure, 124 – 26

Nebrissensis, Antonius, 194

Neue Bibelstudien, 33

New Testament

exegesis of, 119 – 20, 128 – 29

functional linguistics and, 68 – 69

Greek studies and, 20 – 23, 52 – 55, 225 – 26

lexicography and, 82 – 89

linguistics and, 52 – 55

register and, 143 – 44

tenses in, 137 – 40

understanding, 134 – 36

verbal aspect and, 119 – 20

Nida, Eugene, 44 – 46, 72, 77, 87 – 89, 150

non-indicative verbs, 132

non-tense position, 109 – 12, 116 – 18

Novum Instrumentum omne, 193

O

O’Donnell, Matthew Brook, 47, 48, 103, 142, 144, 207

Ogden, C. K., 73 – 74

Olsen, Mari Broman, 112, 114

Oxyrhynchus, 33, 198

Oxyrhynchus Papyri, The, 81, 198 – 99, 226

P

Pang, Francis, 130

paradigmatic choice, 67 – 68, 78

passive voice, 92 – 97, 100 – 101. See also deponency; voice system

Paul, 76 – 77, 80, 117, 136

Paul and Union with Christ, 89

Pauline epistles, 140, 142

Pearson, Brook W. R., 140

Pennington, Jonathan T., 96, 98 – 101

Perdicoyianni-Paleologou, Helene, 49

Perfect Volume: Critical Discussion of the Semantics of the Greek Perfect Tense under Aspect Theory, 119

perfective aspect, 106 – 11, 115 – 23, 125 – 30, 141, 172, 182. See also verbal aspect

Peter, 129, 136

Philemon, 142

Philippians, 191

phonology, 38 – 39, 66 – 67, 204, 206

Pike, Kenneth L., 43 – 44, 150

planes of discourse, 127 – 30

pluperfect form, 107, 111, 113, 125 – 30, 137 – 38, 141

points of departure, 166 – 67, 174

Porter, Stanley E., 43 – 49, 68, 70, 98, 103, 109, 111, 114, 117 – 19, 127 – 30, 140, 143, 150 – 52, 175 – 76, 207

pragmatics, 144 – 45, 165 – 66, 178

Prague School, 37 – 38, 42, 60, 62, 163, 183

Prolegomena, 34

pronunciation

consonants, 196 – 203

debates about, 26, 192 – 208

diacritical marks, 203

diphthongs, 196 – 98, 204 – 5

Erasmian system of, 195, 204 – 8

evidence on, 196 – 200

examples of, 197 – 203

exegesis of, 26, 192

grammar and, 204 – 7

guide to, 200 – 203

importance of, 192 – 93

Koine Greek, 192 – 95, 200 – 207

syllabification, 200

system of, 194 – 96, 200 – 204

vowels, 196 – 201

punctiliar Aktionsart, 122. See also Aktionsart

R

Reading Koine Greek, 103, 207, 211

Reed, Jeffrey T., 103, 127 – 28, 141, 151, 153, 157 – 58, 207

Reese, Ruth A., 127 – 28

register

of blogs, 142

cohesion and, 154

defining, 141 – 42

genre and, 141 – 42

Gospels and, 143 – 44

idiolect and, 26, 134 – 35, 140 – 46

New Testament and, 143 – 44

pragmatics and, 144 – 45

Revelation, 113, 131

rheme/theme notions, 38, 183

rhetorical analysis, 149. See also discourse analysis

Richards, I. A., 73 – 74

Robertson, A. T., 29 – 30, 33 – 35, 92 – 93, 98, 193, 195, 197

Role and Reference Grammar, 62

Romans, 76, 85, 108, 116, 120, 123, 142, 156, 186 – 88, 191

Runge, Steven E., 149, 163 – 64, 178 – 90

Rydbeck, L., 143

S

Sampson, Geoffrey, 59 – 60

Saussure, Ferdinand de, 35 – 37, 49, 58

SBL conference, 92 – 93, 98, 117, 204 – 5

Schenk, W., 151

Sechehaye, Albert, 36

semantics. See also language

defining, 66 – 67

discourse analysis and, 165 – 66, 178

features, 66 – 67, 121 – 24

grammar and, 66 – 67

meanings and, 66 – 67

temporal reference and, 70

verbal aspect and, 121 – 24

wordings and, 66 – 67

Semantics of Biblical Language, The, 41

Semantics of New Testament Greek and A Semantic Discourse Analysis of Romans, 152

sentence conjunctions, 167 – 69

Septuagint, 143 – 44, 211

Shakespeare, William, 29

Shopen, Timothy, 43

signifié/signifiant relationship, 36 – 37

Silva, Moisés, 45 – 46, 53 – 54, 69, 72 – 75, 80, 128, 148

Simkin, Oliver, 204

social semiotic system, 42, 61 – 62

sociolinguistics, 38, 48, 57. See also linguistics

spatial frames, 184

spatial values, 115 – 16

Speak Koine Greek: A Conversational Phrasebook, 217

“stained glass” connotation, 84

Stamps, Dennis, 54 – 55

stative aspect, 43, 111 – 13, 118 – 23, 128

Story of Callirhoe, The, 139

strands of discourse, 124 – 26

Streett, Daniel, 217 – 20

Studies in Biblical Greek, 47

subject-affectedness, 95 – 96

summary Aktionsart, 122. See also Aktionsart

Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), 150 – 51, 163

syllabification, 200

symbol-sense-referent triangle, 73 – 74

synonymy, 74 – 75, 78, 87, 156

Synoptic Gospels, 137 – 40, 173

Synoptic Problem, 113, 132

Synoptics, understanding, 134 – 45

Syntactic Structures, 58

syntagmatic chains, 67 – 68

syntagmemes, 44

syntax diagrams, 136 – 37

Syntax of the Moods and Tenses in New Testament Greek, 32

systemic functional approach, 66 – 67

Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), 42, 51, 60 – 63, 111, 190

systemic theory, 63 – 64

T

tagmemes, 43 – 44

tagmemics, 43 – 44

Taylor, Bernard A., 91, 93, 98, 99

temporal frames, 158, 184

temporal reference, 69 – 70, 110 – 18

tense

Aktionsart and, 107 – 10, 120

debates about, 109, 130

discourse and, 124 – 26

in Gospels, 134 – 40

in New Testament, 137 – 40

verbal aspect and, 69 – 70, 107 – 10, 120

verbal tense, 69 – 70, 107 – 10, 120, 124 – 26, 130

tenseless position, 109 – 12, 116 – 18

textual metafunction, 65 – 66

thematic highlighting devices, 185 – 86

theme/rheme notions, 38, 183

Theological Dictionary, 41

Theophilos, Michael, 204

Thrax, Dionysius, 24, 97, 98

Thucydides, 139 – 40, 144

Thumb, Albert, 33

Turner, Max, 69, 74 – 75, 81

V

verb forms, 69 – 70, 114 – 16, 125 – 26, 132, 137 – 38

verbal aspect

Aktionsart and, 25, 31, 105 – 33

aspectual usage patterns, 141, 144 – 46

context and, 121 – 24

debates about, 105 – 19, 130 – 32

defining, 106 – 7

exegesis and, 119 – 30

history of, 109 – 14

lexeme and, 101 – 2, 121 – 24

narrative structure and, 124 – 26

New Testament and, 119 – 20

semantic features of, 121 – 24

temporal reference and, 69 – 70, 110 – 18

tense and, 69 – 70, 107 – 10, 120

Verbal Aspect and Non-Indicative Verbs: Further Soundings in the Greek of the New Testament, 132

Verbal Aspect in the Book of Revelation, 131

Verbal Aspect in the Greek of the New Testament, 45

Verbal Aspect, the Indicative Mood, and Narrative, 124, 131

verbal system, 30 – 37, 43, 69 – 70, 94, 105, 109 – 18, 125 – 26, 130

verbal tense, 69 – 70, 107 – 10, 120, 124 – 26, 130

Vergleichende Grammatik, 31

Vita Aesopi G, 139 – 40

vocabulary usage, 79 – 81, 87 – 89, 135 – 37

Voelz, James, 45

voice system

active voice and, 92 – 95, 101 – 3

Aktionsart and, 101 – 3

deponency and, , 91 – 104

middle-passive voice, 94 – 95, 100 – 101

middle voice and, 25, 91 – 104

passive voice and, 92 – 97, 101

restructuring, 25, 91 – 104

Vossii, Gerardi Ioannis, 194

W

Wackernagel, Jakob, 34, 100 – 101

Wakker, Gerry, 49, 160

Wallace, Daniel, 204, 205

Watt, Jonathan M., 209, 214

Welo, Eirik, 49

Wenham, J. W., 210

Westfall, Cynthia Long, 151

Wifstrand, Albert, 136, 143

Winer, Georg B., 30 – 31

“word order” analysis, 166, 183 – 84. See also discourse analysis

Wright, N. T., 136

Z

Zeitart, 31, 109, 110, 113

Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, 191