The volume contains contributions by many of the major discourse analysts of the New Testament, including E.A. Nida, W. Schenk, J.P. Louw and J. Callow. Some of these essays deal with methodology, raising necessary questions about what it means to analyse discourse. Others demonstrate an already committed approach by reading specific texts. A ''state-of-the-art'' volume for all scholars interested in this increasingly important area of New Testament research.

This large-scale work is the application of modern theories of discourse analysis to questions of Greek grammar, especially with respect to the debate over the literary integrity of Philippians. Chapter 1 introduces the linguistic theory of discourse analysis, defining key terms, sketching its historical evolution and outlining its major tenets. Chapter 2 sets forth a model of discourse analysis primarily based on the systemic functional theories of M.A.K. Halliday. Chapter 3 outlines the historical-critical debate over the literary integrity of Philippians. Chapter 4 inspects the genre of Philippians, challenging rhetorical approaches to the text and proposing instead an epistolary classification, viz. ''personal, hortatory letter''. Chapter 5 focuses on the discourse structure of the letter, investigating its use of ideational, interpersonal and textual functions of Hellenistic Greek. In chapter 6, relevant issues of biblical hermeneutics are addressed.

Im a forty-three-year-old dad who has two sons, one twenty and the other seventeen, and I was born in a small town name Marion County. I am always into writing stories and never thought I would take it this far. Kyla, life of a female thug, was a story I came up with to see how the drug game can handle having a woman in charge. I hope you like it.

This is a story about an old janitor who only wanted to work so that he could one day make life better for himself, but Jason, the school bully, and his friends had other plans for the janitor. They would tease and mock him by playing jokes and pranks, as they had done to many other janitors before. And this time, it was supposed to be all fun and games, until one day it went too farthe janitor died. Now Jason and his friends had a price to pay, soul for soul, because hell had let loose an evil spirit on Jason and the school. Could the janitor be stopped, or would he have his revenge?

The volume contains contributions by many of the major discourse analysts of the New Testament, including E.A. Nida, W. Schenk, J.P. Louw and J. Callow. Some of these essays deal with methodology, raising necessary questions about what it means to analyse discourse. Others demonstrate an already committed approach by reading specific texts. A 'state-of-the-art' volume for all scholars interested in this increasingly important area of New Testament research.

The volume contains contributions by many of the major discourse analysts of the New Testament, including E.A. Nida, W. Schenk, J.P. Louw and J. Callow. Some of these essays deal with methodology, raising necessary questions about what it means to analyse discourse. Others demonstrate an already committed approach by reading specific texts. A ''state-of-the-art'' volume for all scholars interested in this increasingly important area of New Testament research.

This large-scale work is the application of modern theories of discourse analysis to questions of Greek grammar, especially with respect to the debate over the literary integrity of Philippians. Chapter 1 introduces the linguistic theory of discourse analysis, defining key terms, sketching its historical evolution and outlining its major tenets. Chapter 2 sets forth a model of discourse analysis primarily based on the systemic functional theories of M.A.K. Halliday. Chapter 3 outlines the historical-critical debate over the literary integrity of Philippians. Chapter 4 inspects the genre of Philippians, challenging rhetorical approaches to the text and proposing instead an epistolary classification, viz. ''personal, hortatory letter''. Chapter 5 focuses on the discourse structure of the letter, investigating its use of ideational, interpersonal and textual functions of Hellenistic Greek. In chapter 6, relevant issues of biblical hermeneutics are addressed.

Im a forty-three-year-old dad who has two sons, one twenty and the other seventeen, and I was born in a small town name Marion County. I am always into writing stories and never thought I would take it this far. Kyla, life of a female thug, was a story I came up with to see how the drug game can handle having a woman in charge. I hope you like it.

This is a story about an old janitor who only wanted to work so that he could one day make life better for himself, but Jason, the school bully, and his friends had other plans for the janitor. They would tease and mock him by playing jokes and pranks, as they had done to many other janitors before. And this time, it was supposed to be all fun and games, until one day it went too farthe janitor died. Now Jason and his friends had a price to pay, soul for soul, because hell had let loose an evil spirit on Jason and the school. Could the janitor be stopped, or would he have his revenge?

The volume contains contributions by many of the major discourse analysts of the New Testament, including E.A. Nida, W. Schenk, J.P. Louw and J. Callow. Some of these essays deal with methodology, raising necessary questions about what it means to analyse discourse. Others demonstrate an already committed approach by reading specific texts. A 'state-of-the-art' volume for all scholars interested in this increasingly important area of New Testament research.