Pre-Pub: Discourse Studies and Biblical Interpretation: A Festschrift in Honor of Stephen H. Levinso

You know you're a Greek geek if you order this new Pre-Pub:

http://www.logos.com/product/9765/discourse-studies-and-biblical-interpretation-a-festschrift-in-honor-of-stephen-h-levinsohn

I have a feeling that at 412 pp. for $29.95, this is a steal!

Product Details

Title: Discourse Studies and Biblical Interpretation: A Festschrift in Honor of Stephen H. Levinsohn
Editor: Steven E. Runge
Publisher: Logos Bible Software
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 412

"Discourse Analysis as an Aid to Bible Translation" by Iver Larsen
"Why Hasn't Literary Stylistics Caught on in New Testament Studies?" by Stanley E. Porter
"Let Me Direct Your Attention: Attention Management and Translation" by Robert A. Dooley
"How Orality Affects the Use of Pragmatic Particles, and How It Is Relevant for Translation" by Regina Blass
"Organization and Allusion in Ezekiel 20" by R. J. Sim
"Breaking Perfect Rules: The Traditional Understanding of the Greek Perfect" by Constantine R. Campbell
"Greek Presents, Imperfects, and Aorists in the Synoptic Gospels: Their Contribution to Narrative Structuring" by Buist Fanning
"The Verbal Aspect of the Historical Present Indicative in Narrative" by Steven E. Runge
"Particles and Participles: A Helpful Partnership" by Margaret G. Sim
"The Semantic Effect of Floating Quantifiers in New Testament Greek" by Lindsay J. Whaley
"The Discourse Function of ἀλλά in Non-Negative Contexts" by Rick Brannan
"Information Structure Issues in Copular εἶναι Clauses" by Nicholas A. Bailey
"Evaluating Luke's Unnatural Greek: A Look at His Connectives" by Randall Buth
"The Use of the Article Before Names of Places: Patterns of Use in the Book of Acts" by Jenny Read-Heimerdinger

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Jack Caviness

You know you're a Greek geek if you order this new Pre-Pub:

Well, I learned something new about myself [:D] I had already ordered this.

Rick Brannan

Thanks for mentioning this, Eric.

The Festschrift (a collection of essays presented in honor of a scholar on a special occasion, this on Levinsohn's 70th birthday) has some great stuff. All of the essays are excellent, but some of the gems are:

"Let Me Direct Your Attention: Attention Management and Translation" by Robert A. Dooley
"Greek Presents, Imperfects, and Aorists in the Synoptic Gospels: Their Contribution to Narrative Structuring" by Buist Fanning
"The Verbal Aspect of the Historical Present Indicative in Narrative" by Steven E. Runge
"The Semantic Effect of Floating Quantifiers in New Testament Greek" by Lindsay J. Whaley
"Evaluating Luke's Unnatural Greek: A Look at His Connectives" by Randall Buth

At least, that's my take. I feel bad selecting a few out of the group to highlight because they're all really good.

If you're at all interested in the ongoing aspect/aktionsart debate in NT Greek, then the essays by Fanning, Runge and Campbell are essential reads (I'd say).

[NB: the version of my paper on αλλα that appears in this volume is a revised version of the edition which appears on my personal web site, http://www.supakoo.com/rick/papers, edit: link corrected]

Lynden O. Williams

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/266218#Comment_266218

The link to your website is broken Rick.

Rick Brannan

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/266222#Comment_266222

Thanks, Lynden. I was correcting it about the time you noticed it. It is now corrected above.

J.R. Woods

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/266010#Comment_266010

Oh, I'm right there with you, I would also love, and have appealed for, Dr. Levinsohn's extensive library of works with SIL in Arlington, TX!

I eagerly await the second enlightenment that will cure Biblical studies of its horrid treatment of the round peg of the text being made to fit the square hole of different theologies. But, don't listen to me, I'm just one man.

Discourse analysis is the way to view the text with true authorial intent in mind. Amen. (Yea, I'm a Greek Geek to the bone)

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/267397#Comment_267397

You're a brave soul ... 'authorial intent' ....

Steve Runge

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/267403#Comment_267403

We are actively working on other titles for Levinsohn from SIL, we have not given up. Glad the FS has been so well received, fulfilling the needed orders the first day it was blogged about! I'll never forget the presentation session at ISBL London on July 4. It was a great balance of honoring the Lord and honoring the man He's used to accomplish so much in the area of Greek discourse studies. I was able to spend three days with him after the conference learning some important new things. Rich fellowship and intense learning, what a concept! I head back into the Romans High Def Commentary project today with new insights that should really sharpen my analysis. Thanks again to all of you who have supported these projects, glad they have been useful.

BTW, Levinsohn is 69, not yet 70. I timed the book to coincide with the ISBL conference in London rather than with his 70th birthday in 2012. This also added a buffer in case something prevented us from hitting the target--it could actually be for his 70th. Our awesome publications folks did a stellar job of turning the project around in a matter of weeks, so there was no need for a plan b. I could not be more blessed than to have the caliber of coworkers here at Logos. They do way more than share the load, they make the amazing look easy.

Thanks again to all, and look for more discourse-based goodness down the road. The success of this FS project says there is real interest in such projects in the future. Nothing in the works, but I'll be on the lookout.

Steve Runge

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/267403#Comment_267403

We are actively working on acquiring other titles from Levinsohn/SIL, we have not given up. Glad the FS has been so well received, fulfilling the needed orders the first day it was blogged about!

I'll never forget the presentation session at ISBL London on July 4. It was a great balance of honoring the Lord and honoring the man He's used to accomplish so much in the area of Greek discourse studies. I was able to spend three days with him after the conference learning some important new things. Rich fellowship and intense learning, what a concept! I head back into the Romans High Def Commentary project today with new insights that should really sharpen my analysis. Thanks again to all of you who have supported these projects, glad they have been useful. Below is a picture of dinner that night. From left to right, Margaret Sim, Jan and Buist Fanning, Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, Stephen, Steve, Bryan Harmerlink of SIL, and Ronnie Sim.

Steve Runge

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/268057#Comment_268057