I am very pleased to announce that three new titles from the LNTS Series have been published recently.
In Grammatical and Exegetical Study of New Testament Verbs of Transference Paul Danove carries out an exhaustive Case Frame analysis of the ditransitive verbs of transference in the New Testament. Danove uses this analysis to develop a set of descriptive guidelines for interpreting and translating the various usages of ditransitive verbs of transference and applies these rules in exegetical studies of the text of the New Testament to generate a Case Frame lexicon of the verbs of transference. This study distinguishes the requirements of the 127 New Testament verbs of transference according to four syntactic functions, twelve semantic functions, and 22 lexical realizations. Such approach permits a rigorous investigation of all occurrences of verbal complements with the same syntactic, semantic, and lexical attributes. However, not only this issue is discussed here as Danove also debates on the influence of one semantic feature [namely, an inherent quality of words that has implications for their lexical realization], as well as on the ‘intrusion’ of four grammatical constructions [in other words – an inherent structuring templates of grammar that governs syntactic, semantic, and lexical attributes and modify meaning] on each category of complements with the same syntactic, semantic and lexical description. This volume is a true contribution to the linguistic study of biblical Greek and to the exegesis of biblical texts.
Thematic Studies and Exegetical Studies are the two volumes of Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality, edited by Craig A. Evans and H. Daniel Zacharias. Both volumes are collections of essays, in which scholars seek to understand better the function of older scripture in later scripture and treat pre-Christian texts, alongside with Christian texts, which make use of older sacred tradition. The variety of texts discussed in these volumes is impressive, as papers cover the Dead Sea Scrolls, 1 Maccabees, Gospel of Matthew, Corinthians, Philo and Paul, to name just a few. Some essays are concerned with discreet bodies of writings; some with versions of scriptures, while others discuss how scripture is interpreted as part of apocalyptic and eschatology. Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality is filled with a variety of themes, including law, conversion, anthropology, paradise, Messianism; and many more.
Message of Acts in Codex Bezae. A Comparison with the Alexandrian Tradition, vol. 4, Acts 18.24-28.31: Rome, by Jenny Read-Heimerdinger and Josep Rius-Camps, is the final volume in the four-volume commentary on the Book of Acts. It presents a fresh look at the text of Codex Bezae and, though based on the Greek text, it aims to be accessible to those who are not familiar with Greek. Acts 18.24-28.31 cover the trial of Paul and the latest stage of the mission to the Gentiles, concluding in Paul’s unimpeded proclamation of the gospel in Rome. This impressive volume offers a side by side translation of the Vaticanus and Bezan manuscripts [or related alternatives after 22.29], which is followed by a full critical apparatus that deals with more technical matters, and a commentary which explores in detail the differences in the message of the two texts. The evaluation made by the author of Paul’s defence at his successive trials is particularly noteworthy as it appears to be considerably less favourable than commonly assumed.
All three volumes are now available to customers in the UK and those in the US will be able to purchase these books in August.
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