David L. Mathewson

An intermediate to advanced exploration into the nature and function of voice and mood in the Koine Greek of the New Testament.

The author thoroughly explores the history of grammatical understanding of both voice and mood, supplying a well researched explanation of the various ways voice and mood have been explained in grammars throughout time. The author then explores a more SFL approach to both voice and mood in the New Testament.

In terms of voice: voice reflects causality and agency relative to the subject. The author would not go so far as to combine the middle and passive voices, but believes deponents are just middle forms.

In terms of mood: mood reflects the author's idea of the verb as it relates to reality.

The work is very thorough and useful for deeper exploration of Koine Greek grammar.

**--galley received as part of early review program… (mais)

For new students of biblical Greek this book will be a welcomed tool. But if one already has technical commentaries (such as Aune, Beale, or even Fanning), grammatical aids (such as Rogers or Zerwick), modern Bible software (Logos or Accordance), or even an intermediate knowledge of Greek, this book will be redundant. It is still caught in the same tradition of teaching Biblical Greek common to seminarians, but lacks the rigor of the advances made in modern linguistics. One only needs to refer to Cook's masterful Handbook to the Aramaic portion's of Daniel and Ezra (published in Baylor's sister series on the Hebrew Bible) to see the potential, as well as the new standard, of these Baylor Handbooks. In many ways, it is a product of its time.… (mais)