An application of current linguistic research on discourse markers to sentence conjunctions in Matthew's Gospel. This treatment combines linguistic insights with a detailed examination of Matthew's use of kai, de and similar conjunctions in narrative passages, culminating in a verse by verse commentary on the structure of Matthew's ;miracle chapters', Matthew 8-9. Black breaks new ground in linguistic theory by modelling the interplay between features such as sentence conjunction, word order, and verb tense in the portrayal of continuity and discontinuity in Greek narrative. A volume of interest to New Testament scholars, classicists, discourse analysts and linguists alike.

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Ch. 1 A Linguistic Framework

Ch. 2 What Do Sentence Conjunctions 'Mean'?

Ch. 3 Methodology

Ch. 4 Kai: Unmarked Continuity

Ch. 5 De: Low- to Mid-Level Discontinuity

Ch. 6 Asyndeton: Speech Margins and Narrative Breaks

Ch. 7 Tote: Marked Continuity

Ch. 8 Gar and Oun: 'Off-line' Inference

Ch. 9 Sentence Conjunctions as a Linguistic System: Comments on Matthew 8.1-9.34

Ch. 10 Conclusions

App. 1 Cross-Tabulation Tables

App. 2 Statistical Analysis of the Choice of Conjunction in the Gospel of Matthew

Bibliography

Index of References

Index of Authors