Voice and Mood: A Linguistic Approach (Essentials of Biblical Greek Grammar)
Overview
A recognized expert in Greek grammar examines two features of the Greek verb: voice and mood. Drawing on his years of teaching experience at a leading seminary, David Mathewson examines these two important topics in Greek grammar in light of modern linguistics and offers fresh insights. The book is illustrated with examples from the Greek New Testament, making it an ideal textbook for the intermediate Greek classroom. This is the first volume in a new series on Greek grammar edited by Stanley E. Porter.
- Focuses on two features of the Greek verb: voice and mood
- Provides examples from the Greek New Testament, making it an ideal textbook for the intermediate Greek classroom
- Examines two important topics in Greek grammar in light of modern linguistics and offers fresh insights
Top Highlights
“all instances of the middle have in common is the abstract notion of subject-affectedness” (Page 16)
“voice ‘is a semantic category by which a speaker/writer grammaticalizes a perspective on how a process is caused” (Page 2)
“Mood is the subjective conception of the author as to how the action is portrayed as relating to reality” (Page 89)
“voice considers how the subject relates to the verbal process in terms of causality” (Pages 2–3)
- Title: Voice and Mood: A Linguistic Approach
- Author: David L. Mathewson
- Series: Essentials of Biblical Greek Grammar
- Publisher: Baker Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2021
- Pages: 191
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Greek language, Biblical › Voice; Greek language, Biblical › Mood; Bible. N.T. › Language, style
- ISBNs: 9781493433483, 9781540961433, 9781540964861, 9781493420520, 1493433482, 1540961435, 1540964868, 1493420526
- Resource ID: LLS:VCMDLNGGRKGRMMR
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:37:35Z