Questions and Rhetoric in the Greek New Testament
Questions and Rhetoric in the Greek New Testament
Editor/Author
Estes, Douglas
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: Zondervan
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$50.00

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$75.00
ISBN: 978-0-310-52508-0
Category: Religion & Theology - Christianity
Image Count:
41
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Questions and Rhetoric in the Greek New Testament is a helpful and thorough examination of questions in the Greek New Testament, seen from the standpoint of grammatical, semantic, and linguistic analysis, with special emphasis on their rhetorical effects.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
Table of Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- A. The Question of Questions
- B. The Use of Questions
- C. Questions in the GNT
- D. How to Use This Book
- 2. The Basics of Question Formation
- A. The Parts of Language
- B. Questions and Syntax
- 1. Sentence Formation
- 2. Sentence Function
- 3. Word Order
- 4. Punctuation
- 5. Mood
- 6. Reducibility of Questions
- 7. Particles
- 8. Polarity
- 9. Negation
- 10. ΠWords
- 11. Fronting
- 12. Indirect Questions
- C. Questions and Semantics
- 1. Force
- 2. Bias
- 3. Asking and Saying
- 4. Informational Quality
- 5. Rhetorical Quality
- 6. EGH Principle
- 7. Predicaments
- D. Questions and Pragmatics
- 1. Intonation
- 2. Prosody
- 3. Presupposition
- 4. Implicature
- 5. Genre
- 6. Discourse
- 7. Turn-Taking
- 8. Dialogue
- 9. Rhetorical-Shift Principle
- E. Answers
- 3. Questions Driven by Syntax
- A. Polar Questions
- B. Variable Questions
- C. Alternative Questions
- D. Set Questions
- E. Composite Questions
- 1. Conjunctive Questions
- 2. Disjunctive Questions
- 3. Conditional Questions
- 4. Sluices
- 4. Questions Driven by Semantics
- A. Open Questions
- B. Speculative Questions
- C. Lyric Questions
- D. Deliberative Questions
- E. Aporetic Questions
- F. Sequence Questions
- G. Proof Questions
- H. Means Questions
- I. Indexical Questions
- J. Endoxical Questions
- K. Phatic Questions
- L. Test Questions
- M. Inapposite Questions
- N. Riddle Questions
- O. Dilemma Questions
- P. Counterfactual Questions
- Q. Decision Questions
- R. Confirmation Questions
- S. Request Questions
- T. Negative Polar Questions
- U. Biased Questions
- V. Loaded Questions
- W. Leading Questions
- 5. Questions Driven by Pragmatics
- A. First-Turn Questions
- 1. Governing Questions
- 2. Expository Questions
- B. Second-Turn Questions
- 1. Opposing-Turn Questions
- 2. Focus-Shifting Questions
- 3. Echo Questions
- 4. Repair Questions
- C. Middle-Position Questions
- D. Question Strings
- 1. Double Questions
- 2. Multiple Questions
- 6. The Function of Questions in the Greek New Testament
- A. Narrative Function
- B. Dramatic Function
- C. Rhetorical Function
- D. Dialectical Function
- E. Concluding Thoughts
- Appendix
- Glossary
- Bibliography