TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reiter,C.Leslie
TI  - Writing in Greek but thinking in Aramaic: a study of vestigial verbal coordination in the Gospels 
SN  - 9780773440623 (cloth)
AV  - PJ4660 .R45 2013
U1  - 226/.048 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Lewiston
PB  - The Edwin Mellen Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Gospels
KW  - Language, style
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - Hebrew language
KW  - Verb
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-162) and indexes
N2  - In this monograph the author investigates the syntactic construction found in the Semitic languages known as verbal coordination as it relates to the translation and therefore the interpretation of the scriptures. In the course of his analysis, the author also discusses grammaticalization that has occurred to translate the function of the word from Hebrew to Greek. According to the author, translations of this construction account for certain awkward expressions in the Greek Gospel texts, particularly Mark and John, because the writers were thinking in Semitic and writing in Greek. There are significant implications for Bible scholars, translators and linguists
ER  -