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Relevance Theory and the Problem of Tense-Aspect in Biblical Hebrew

Genesis 22 is a common narrative text that is used in introductory biblical Hebrew courses. There are several points of syntax and narrative style in that passage that are often overlooked by both beginning-intermediate students and even by Hebrew grammarians. Consider Gen 22:3 ויקם וילך אל המקום אשר אמר לו האלהים and he [...]

By Randall Buth|2017-06-12T21:31:28-07:00September 15th, 2013|Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew verb, Hebrew in First Century, Koine Greek|6 Comments

The Irony of Samaria: Σαμαρεια / Σαμαρειτης in the Greek NT

The following is a little long for a note, but hopefully fun.There are several ironies in the spelling of Σαμαρεια/Σαμαρια in our Greek texts.Readers of United Bible Societies Greek text and the Nestle Aland text will be familiar with the following spellings:Σαμάρεια (the place), andΣαμαρίτης (a person of the place, male)Σαμαρῖτις (a person of the [...]

By Randall Buth|2017-06-12T21:31:45-07:00September 26th, 2008|ancient Greek, ancient language acquisition, Byzantine text, Koine Greek, Living Koine, NT textual criticism|6 Comments

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Relevance Theory and the Problem of Tense-Aspect in Biblical Hebrew

The Irony of Samaria: Σαμαρεια / Σαμαρειτης in the Greek NT

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