Tabella dei contenuti
Contents
Contributors
Figures
Tables
Abbreviations
1 Introduction (Daniel King)
1.1 Previous studies on the article
1.2 Brief summary of studies in this volume
References
2 Functions of the Definite Article from Classical Greek to New Testament Greek (Maria Napoli)
2.1 Introduction
2.2 (In)definiteness in the history of the Greek language
2.3 A map of definiteness: The main uses of definite articles across
languages
2.4 Obligatoriness and optionality in Greek: definite article versus zero article
2.5 The definite article in New Testament Greek
2.6 Conclusions
References
3 The History of Greek Articles: A Syntactic Approach (Cristina Guardiano)
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Background
3.3 Articles in Classical and New Testament Greek
3.4 Homeric Greek
3.5 Conclusion
References
4 A Discourse-Functional Approach to the Greek Article(Ronald D. Peters)
4.1 Introduction
4.2 A systemic-functional description of the Greek article
4.3 Matthew 13:44
4.4 Acts 5:1â 11
4.5 1 Timothy 4:11â 14
4.6 Conclusion
References
5 The Use of the Greek Article in 1 Peter: A Case Study (Stephen H. Levinsohn and Mark Dubis)
5.1 Preliminaries
5.2 Thematic prominence(salience) versus focal prominence
5.3 Application to 1 Peter
5.4 Conclusions
References
6 Towards a Unified Understanding of the Greek Article from a Diachronic, Cognitive Perspective (Steven E. Runge)
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Less prototypical uses: Stage III development of the article
6.3 Conclusions
References
7 The Function of the Article with Proper Names: The New
Testament Book of Acts as a Case Study (Jenny Read-Heimerdinger)
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Names of persons
7.3 Names of places
7.4 General conclusions
References