Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament Series (6 vols.)
by 6 authors Martin M. Culy, Mikeal C. Parsons, Joshua J. Stigall, William J. Larkin Jr., Mark Dubis, Peter H. Davids
Baylor University Press 2003–2011
Overview
What distinguishes the Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament Series from other available resources on the New Testament is the detailed and comprehensive attention paid to the Greek text of the New Testament. Each book in this series explains the syntax of the biblical text, offers guidance for deciding between competing semantic analyses, and deals with text-critical questions that have a significant bearing on how the text is understood. Accessible and succinct, these handbooks address questions that are frequently overlooked by standard commentaries, serving as essential reference tools for New Testament study.
This collection is perfect for students, pastors, scholars, or laity seeking a deeper understanding of the Greek biblical text. What’s more, with Logos, every word is essentially a link! Scripture references are linked directly to the Bibles in your library—both the original language texts and English translations. Double-clicking any word automatically opens your lexicons to the relevant entry, making words instantly accessible. With Logos, you can quickly move from the table of contents to your desired content and search entire volumes and collections by topic, title, or Scripture reference.
Key Features
- Focuses on the Greek text of the New Testament
- Addresses text-critical questions
- Emphasizes the importance of understanding the grammar, syntax, and linguistic elements of the Greek language
Individual Titles
This volume provides students with a comprehensive guide through the Greek text of the Gospel of Luke. Together Culy, Parsons, and Stigall explain the text’s critical, lexical, grammatical, and linguistic aspects while revealing its carefully crafted narrative style. In all, they show the author of Luke to be a master communicator, well at home within the Greek biographical tradition.
This handbook offers ample discussion of almost every translational possibility without the overwhelming technical jargon. An excellent tool for anyone seeking greater familiarity with the Greek New Testament.
—C. Kavin Rowe, Assistant Professor of New Testament, Duke Divinity School
Loaded with useful information, this book is a solid walk through the grammatical elements of the Gospel of Luke. Never let it leave your side.
—Darrell Bock, Research Professor of New Testament Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary
Those teaching Greek exegesis of this gospel will find in its careful attention to grammatical detail a valuable tool for themselves and their students.
—Craig S. Keener, Professor of New Testament, Palmer Theological Seminary
An unparalleled guide to the nuanced meanings of Luke’s carefully crafted Greek text. This is a teacher’s dream come true.
—David P. Moessner, Professor of Biblical Theology, University of Dubuque/Associate University of Pretoria
Martin M. Culy is Associate Professor of New Testament and Greek at Briercrest College and Seminary. His previous books in the BHGNT series include I, II, III John and Acts. He is also the author of Echoes of Friendship in the Gospel of John.
Mikeal C. Parsons is the Kidd L. and Buna Hitchcock Macon Chair in Religion at Baylor University. He has published extensively on Luke and Acts including his most recent The Acts of the Apostles: Four Centuries of Baptist Interpretation. He lives in Waco, Texas.
Joshua J. Stigall is a PhD candidate in Religion at Baylor University. He lives in Waco, Texas.
While the commentary tradition has, with some notable exceptions, shifted away from philology to take up questions of the social values, rhetorical conventions, and narrative strategies, this volume provides the textual, philological, and grammatical essentials to any act of interpretation. By working through this text systematically, readers will not only gain a firmer grasp on the peculiar shape of Acts’ grammar, but given Acts’ length and complexity, they will also become better equipped to approach the other New Testament documents with increased confidence.
Teachers and students of the Greek New Testament have long lacked resources for book-by-book lexical, grammatical, and textual analysis. The Book of Acts benefits especially from Parsons' and Culy's thorough, careful, exhaustive treatment of the book's syntax and vocabulary. Their work instantly moves to the front rank of necessary reference books for all readers of Acts; it will contribute tremendously to the thoughtful interpretation of the Acts of the Apostles in the Church as well as the Academy.
—A. K. M. Adam, Associate Professor of New Testament, Seabury-Western Theological Seminary
What pastors and students need today are tools to facilitate rapid reading and study of the Greek text, tools that at the same time keep a person in touch with issues of basic grammar and syntax. This simple but helpful volume fits the bill.
—George H. Guthrie, Benjamin W. Perry Professor of Bible, Union University
Martin M. Culy is Associate Professor of New Testament at Briercrest Biblical Seminary. Culy earned an MA in Linguistics from the University of North Dakota, the MDiv from Grace Theological Seminary, and the PhD from Baylor University.
Mikeal C. Parsons is Professor of Religion at Baylor University. Parsons earned his PhD from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and is the author of The Departure of Jesus in Luke-Acts, Rethinking the Unity of Luke and Acts, and, with Heidi J. Hornik, Illuminating Luke: The Infancy Narrative in Italian Renaissance Painting.
In this volume, William Larkin provides students with a reliable guide through the intricacies of the Greek text of Ephesians, introducing them to consensus views on matters of syntax, semantics, and textual criticism. In addition, the annotations contain references to current debates relating to the language of Ephesians. Larkin’s annotations demonstrate that linguistically informed analyses which have appeared in the last couple of decades frequently shed light on old questions.
An excellent work, fully informed by semantic, grammatical, and commentary discussion of Ephesians that continues the high quality of this series.
—Peter H. Davids, Professor of Biblical Theology, St. Stephen’s University
This book is a worthy addition to the BHGNT series . . . The grammatical analysis is comprehensive and informed by contemporary linguistic studies. The literary structure of Ephesians is not neglected, and textual issues are given some attention where deemed necessary.
—Jonathan Kearney, Journal for the Study of the New Testament (2011, 33:5)
A welcome addition to Baylor's fine series of handbooks. Linguistically informed and exegetically oriented, Larkin has provided an excellent resource for students, professors, and exegetes.
—Karen H. Jobes, Gerald F. Hawthorne Professor of New Testament Greek and Exegesis, Wheaton College and Graduate School
William J. Larkin (PhD University of Durham) is Professor of New Testament and Greek, Columbia International University, Seminary and School of Missions. He is the author or editor of five books, including most recently Greek is Great Gain: A Method for Exegesis and Exposition, Culture and Biblical Hermeneutics: Interpreting and Applying the Authoritative Word in a Relativistic Age, and two commentaries on Acts (Cornerstone Biblical Commentary and IVPNTC). He lives in Columbia, South Carolina.
In his analysis of the Greek text of 1 Peter, Mark Dubis provides students with an accessible guide through some of the most difficult syntactic challenges of the Greek language. Introducing readers to the most recent developments in grammatical and linguistic scholarship, Dubis includes an overview of Greek word order and the construction of middle voice. In doing so, Dubis helps students internalize the conventions of the Greek language while crafting in students a maturing appetite for future study.
For forty years we have been in need of an up-to-date analysis of the grammar and syntax of 1 Peter, and Dubis provides just that. Seminary students will rise up and call this book blessed for a generation. In addition, there’s a rich and surprising interpretive history that is unfolded in this slim, packed volume.
—Scot McKnight, Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies, North Park University
This handbook on 1 Peter deserves comparison with the best of the recent commentaries on that epistle. Mark Dubis has provided students with the tools for evaluating and comparing the exegetical commentaries on which they must rely and will keep commentators honest by reminding them, line by line, of the actual wording and structure of the text.
—Ramsey Michaels, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, Southwest Missouri State University
Mark Dubis is Professor of Biblical Studies, School of Theology and Missions at Union University. He lives in Jackson, Tennessee.
This volume gives teachers and students a comprehensive guide to the grammar and vocabulary of both 2 Peter and Jude. Within the text of these intertwined Catholic Epistles, Peter H. Davids finds rhetorical features and stylistic elements often overlooked. By using this handbook in combination with traditional commentaries, students will be guided toward a greater understanding of the Greek text in 2 Peter and Jude while gaining a deeper appreciation for textual and rhetorical intricacies not available in the English translations.
Davids provides an expert exegetical travel guide for those rediscovering these neglected gems in the canon.
—Gene L. Green, Professor of New Testament, Wheaton College and Graduate School
This astute and useful grammatical handbook goes beyond simply parsing forms and labeling constructions. Davids brings in some of the latest linguistic research—including elements of verbal aspect theory—to help him as he explicates these important epistles.
—Stanley E. Porter, President and Dean, Professor of New Testament, McMaster Divinity College
Peter H. Davids is Visiting Professor in Christianity at Houston Baptist University. He is the author of The Letters of 2 Peter and Jude.
In this volume, Culy provides a basic lexical, analytical, and syntactical analysis of the Greek text of 1, 2, and 3 John—information often presumed by technical commentaries and omitted by popular ones. But more than just an analytic key, I, II, III John reflects the latest advances in scholarship on Greek grammar and linguistics. The volume also contains recommendations for further reading and an up-to-date bibliography. A perfect supplement to any commentary, I, II, and III John is as equally helpful to language students, of any level, as it is to busy clergy who use the Greek text in preparation for proclamation.
This handbook continues the admirable pattern of applied scholarship displayed in the Acts volume by providing real help for the student, pastor or scholar who wants to make sense of the Greek text of the Johannine epistles. The author's linguistic training as evidenced in his approach to semantics, syntax, and structural features leads to a volume providing information that is simply unavailable in the standard 'commentaries.' Readers will then be better prepared to use those commentaries and to make wise exegetical choices. This volume is miles beyond any 'analytical lexicon' that you may have on your shelf. I heartily recommend this volume and anticipate any future 'handbooks' that are developed along this model.
—Dr. William Varner, Master's College, Santa Clarita, California
Martin Culy (PhD, Baylor) is Associate Professor of New Testament at Briercrest Biblical Seminary. Culy earned an MA in Linguistics from the University of North Dakota, the MDiv from Grace Theological Seminary, and the PhD from Baylor University.
Product Details
- Title: Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament Series
- Publisher: Baylor University Press
- Volumes: 6
- Pages: 2,132