The Language and Literature of the New Testament : Essays in Honor of Stanley E. Porter's 60th Birthday.

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Interdisciplinary New Testament Scholarship: An Introduction to the Research of Professor Stanley E. Porter -- Part 1 The Texts and Language of the New Testament -- Chapter 1 Setting Scholarship Back a Hundred Years? Method in the Septuagint Commentary Series -- Chapter 2 The Past, Present, and Future of the OpenText.org Annotated Greek Corpus -- Chapter 3 Computer-Aided Linguistic Analysis for a Single Manuscript Witness: Preparing to Map the OpenText.org Annotation -- Chapter 4 Überlegungen zur angeblichen Textverderbnis von Apg 17,27 (Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis) und zu Joh 8,25 -- Chapter 5 Restoring a Vernacular Form of the Word for "Glass" in the Text of Revelation -- Chapter 6 Sense Units and Manuscript Families: A Test Proposal -- Chapter 7 Christian Demographics and the Dates of Early New Testament Papyri -- CHAPTER 8 The Use of Greek in First-Century Palestine: An Issue of Method in Dialogue with Scott D. Charlesworth -- Chapter 9 Grappling with Paul's Language: How a Greek Might Struggle -- Chapter 10 Exploring Linguistic Variation in an Ancient Greek Single-Author Corpus: A Register Design Analysis of Josephus and Pauline Pseudonymity -- Chapter 11 Οὖν in the New Testament: The Minimal Semantic Contribution of a Discourse Marker -- Chapter 12 The Telic Conjunctions of Isaiah 6:9-10 in Mark's Mythopoeia -- Chapter 13 Greek Tenses in John's Apocalypse: Issues in Verbal Aspect, Discourse Analysis, and Diachronic Change -- Part 2 The Literature and Theology of the New Testament -- Chapter 14 The Gospel according to Malachi -- Chapter 15 Σημεῖα, Signs, as a Hyperlink between the Fourth Gospel and the Greek Pentateuch -- Chapter 16 The Authentication of John: Self-Disclosure, Testimony, and Verification in John 21:24.

Chapter 17 Getting Along: Politeness Theory and the Gospels -- Chapter 18 The Structure and Content of Stephen's Speech compared to Old Testament Credos -- Chapter 19 Minding the Gap: Why Paul's Conversion Matters for Christology -- Chapter 20 Introducing Foreign Deities: The Documentary Evidence -- Chapter 21 The Apostle of the Heretics? -- Chapter 22 Habakkuk, Paul, and the End of Empire: A Fresh Perspective on Romans 13:1-7 -- Chapter 23 The Apostle and the Doctor: Lloyd-Jones on Romans -- Chapter 24 A Comparison of the Fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23 with Ancient Thought on Ethics and Emotion -- Chapter 25 To Incline Another's Heart: The Role of Attitude in Reader Positioning -- Chapter 26 "Think" and "Do" Like the Role Models: Paul's Teaching on the Christian Life in Philippians -- Chapter 27 Postcolonial Perspectives on Paul's "Jew-Gentile Problem" -- Chapter 28 A Reexamination of Paul's Opponents in Colossians -- Chapter 29 First Timothy 5:18 and Early Canon Consciousness: Reconsidering a Problematic Text -- Chapter 30 The Epistle of James and the Maccabean Martyr Tradition: An Exploration of Sacred Tradition in the New Testament -- Chapter 31 Common Exegetical Fallacies in New Testament Scholarship Rectifiable through External Evidence -- Chapter 32 Jesus Is God with Us: Applying Porter's Criteria for the Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament to the Theme of Divine Presence -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors.

In The Language and Literature of the New Testament, a team of international scholars assemble to honour the academic career of New Testament scholar, Stanley E. Porter.

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