Basic Word Order in Biblical Greek: VSO, SVO, or Both? (Part 5 of Word Order)

July 14, 2022 // The Biblical Languages Podcast

Image

Share this Post

In this episode of the Biblical Languages Podcast, Kevin Grasso discusses the basic word order of biblical Greek.

Show notes

  • Basic Syntax Concepts

  • Basic Pragmatics Concepts 

  • Davison, M. E. (1989). New Testament Greek Word Order. Literary and Linguistic Computing, 41, 19-28.

  • Friberg, T. (1982). New Testament Greek word order in light of discourse considerations. PhD diss., University of Minnesota.

  • Kirk, A. (2012). Word order and information structure in New Testament Greek. Leiden University.

  • Lavidas, Nikolaos. (2015). How does a basic word order become ungrammatical? SOV from Classical to Koiné Greek. Studies in Greek Linguistics 35, 323-335.

  • Rife, J. M. (1933). The mechanics of translation Greek. Journal of Biblical Literature, 52, 244-252.

  • Taylor, A. (1994). The Change from SOV to SVO in Ancient Greek. Language Variation and Change, 6, 1-37.

  • Terry, B. R. (1993). An analysis of certain features of discourse in the New Testament book of I Corinthians. PhD, University of Texas at Arlington.

Where to listen

You can listen and subscribe for updates here: https://biblingo.org/podcast/

You can also listen and subscribe on Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotify, and Overcast.
 
You can also watch on YouTube.

Listen to the full episode, share your feedback, and let us know topics you'd like to hear on future episodes!

Image

The Biblical Languages Podcast hosts discussions and interviews related to learning the biblical languages and issues relevant to biblical exegesis. Episodes cover topics in 4 major categories: language acquisition, linguistics, cultural backgrounds, and exegesis.

Listen & subscribe here: https://biblingo.org/podcast/

Share this Post