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
Single-User Purchase Price:
$50.00
Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$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.
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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
