Linguistic analysis of the Greek New Testament : studies in tools, methods, and practice / Stanley E. Porter.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-421) and indexes.

Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1 Texts and Tools for Analysis -- 1. Who Owns the Greek New Testament? Issues That Promote and Hinder Further Study -- 2. Analyzing the Computer Needs of New Testament Greek Exegetes -- 3. "On the Shoulders of Giants": The Expansion and Application of the Louw-Nida Lexicon -- 4. The Blessings and Curses of Producing a Lexicon -- Part 2 Approaching Analysis -- 5. Linguistics and Biblical Interpretation -- 6. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Exegesis -- 7. Sociolinguistics and New Testament Study -- 8. Discourse Analysis: Introduction and Core Concepts -- 9. The Ideational Metafunction and Register -- 10. Time and Aspect in New Testament Greek: A Response to K. L. McKay -- 11. Three Arguments regarding Aspect and Temporality: A Response to Buist Fanning, with an Excursus on Aspectually Vague Verbs -- 12. The Perfect Tense-Form and Stative Aspect: The Meaning of the Greek Perfect Tense-Form in the Greek Verbal System -- Part 3 Doing Analysis -- 13. A Register Analysis of Mark 13: Toward a Context of Situation -- 14. The Grammar of Obedience: Matthew 28:19-20 -- 15. Verbal Aspect and Synoptic Relations -- 16. Study of John's Gospel: New Directions or the Same Old Paths? -- 17. Method and Means of Analysis of the Opponents in the Pauline Letters -- 18. 1 Timothy 2:8: Holy Hands or Holy Raising? -- 19. Greek Word Order: Still an Unexplored Area in New Testament Studies? -- 20. Proper Nouns in the New Testament -- 21. Hyponymy and the Trinity.