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For the final installation in the series, "The Lighter Side of Discourse Analysis," Dr. Steve Runge serves up some spicy discourse for you! Here, he highlights the flavors of Segmentation, another concept covered in Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction for Teaching and Exegesis.

If you still have not done so, be sure to serve up your own discourse by placing your Pre-Pub order for the Discourse Grammar.

Today’s video: Segmentation




What's being said about Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament:

". . . . Though Runge's Discourse Grammar does not seek to replace traditional approaches to understanding and explicating the grammar and syntax of New Testament Greek, it provides a whole new range of conceptual and analytical tools that complement and supplement the more traditional approaches. . . . "
—Dr. J. Ted Blakley, New Testament Studies, University of St. Andrews

The Discourse Grammar is at the end of production and is getting ready to ship soon, so make sure you place your order before the price goes up!

Previous blog posts in this series:

• The Lighter Side of Discourse Analysis: Thematic Highlighting
• The Lighter Side of Discourse Analysis: Changed Reference
• The Lighter Side of Discourse Analysis: Forward Pointing Reference
• The Lighter Side of Discourse Analysis: Thematic Addition

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Who knew you had to be an accountant in order to do Greek discourse analysis? Well, this week, Dr. Steve Runge takes you into the Accounting department here a Logos to illustrate Thematic Addition, another concept covered in Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction for Teaching and Exegesis.

After you grab your calculator, be sure to place your Pre-Pub order for the Discourse Grammar.

Today’s video: Thematic Addition

What's being said about Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament:

". . . . This work offers a fresh and illuminating approach to the Greek New Testament and will make a superb addition to the more traditional Greek grammars."
—Jody Barnard, Bangor University, UK

". . . . If you what to understand Discourse Analysis and how it works then—read this first!"
—Alan Macgregor, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

The Discourse Grammar is at the end of production and is getting ready to ship soon, so make sure you place your order before the price goes up!

And stay tuned for the last video of the series: Segmentation

Previous blog posts in this series:

• The Lighter Side of Discourse Analysis: Thematic Highlighting
• The Lighter Side of Discourse Analysis: Changed Reference
• The Lighter Side of Discourse Analysis: Forward Pointing Reference

We hope you have been enjoying "The Lighter Side of Discourse Analysis" video series, so we "have an offer for you." "Here's the deal." "How about this?" Yes, you guessed it, today Dr. Steve Runge’s introduces us to Forward Pointing References, another item covered in Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction for Teaching and Exegesis.

Of course for a real deal, be sure to place your Pre-Pub order for the Discourse Grammar.

Today’s video: Forward Pointing Reference

What's being said about Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament:

". . . . By creating an accessible discourse grammar that brings together the fruit of careful research, clarity, helpful examples, and practical insights, Dr. Runge has put countless teachers and students in his debt."
—Dr. Constantine R. Campbell, Moore College, Sydney, AU

". . . One need not agree with every suggested interpretation to benefit by becoming more sensitive to significant elements of the Greek language that are rarely given the attention they deserve."
—Dr. Roy E. Ciampa, Associate Professor of New Testament, Chair, Biblical Studies Division, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

The Discourse Grammar is at the end of production and is getting ready to ship soon, so make sure you place your order before the price goes up!

And stay tuned for next week’s video: Thematic Addition

Previous blog posts in this series:

• The Lighter Side of Discourse Analysis: Thematic Highlighting
• The Lighter Side of Discourse Analysis: Changed Reference

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As a reminder to place your Pre-Pub order for Dr. Steve Runge’s Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction for Teaching and Exegesis, last Wednesday we started a short series of on-the-lighter-side, videos. This week, Steve helps illustrate another aspect of discourse analysis.

". . . . Logos has done the Greek student a wonderful favor by making this work available. It should not be missed. It is like no other grammar that is available today."
—Dr. Samuel Lamerson, Associate Professor of New Testament, Knox Seminary

". . . Runge has produced an invigorating work that will repay the attention of all those who are interested . . ."
—Mark Dubis, Associate Professor of Christian Studies, Union University

The Discourse Grammar is at the end of production and is getting ready to ship soon, so make sure you place your order before the price goes up!

And stay tuned for next week’s video: Forward Pointing Reference

Previous blog post in this series:

• The Lighter Side of Discourse Analysis: Thematic Highlighting

We are serious about Bible study, and we are serious about getting the church back into the study of Greek and Hebrew. But we have a lighter side, too. So, as a reminder to place your Pre-Pub order for Dr. Steve Runge’s Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction for Teaching and Exegesis, we have a few, short, on-the-lighter-side, videos coming for you to enjoy and to help illustrate the Discourse Grammar's content.

Today’s video: Thematic Highlighting




What's being said about Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament:

". . . . Runge's work will become a required text in my Greek classes."
—Dr. Gerald Peterman, Professor of Bible and Chair of the Bible Department, Moody Bible Institute

". . . . I commend his pioneering work for serious consideration by all New Testament students and scholars."
—Dr. William Varner, Professor of Greek Exegesis, The Masters College

The Discourse Grammar is at the end of production and is getting ready to ship soon, so make sure you place your order before the price goes up!

And stay tuned for next week’s video: Changed Reference

If you enjoy Greek grammar and linguistics, you'll definitely want to read the fascinating discussion that's been taking place over on Steve Runge's blog, NT Discourse.

Steve's post Markedness, Part 2 is what got things going. Rod Decker, Daniel Wallace, and Steve had a profitable three-way exchange in the comments.

Steve followed up with a second post What does 'syntactic force' mean? The back and forth continued in the comments with Carl Conrad (of the B-Greek list), Daniel Wallace, and Steve.

While Steve's perspective is on the surface quite a bit different from the way Greek is taught in most Bible colleges and seminaries, there is actually significant agreement between well-respected Greek grammarians like Wallace, Conrad, and Decker and Steve.

Wallace, whose Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics has been used by tens of thousands of Greek students, sums it up well when he says, "It shows that we [grammarians and linguists] can cooperate in these projects and learn from each other. I believe that both sides have much to offer."

If you're interested in Greek studies and where they are going, be sure to read the dialog.

To learn more about Steve's important work, check out his three products from Logos Bible Software:

• Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament
• Lexham High Definition New Testament: ESV Edition
• Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction for Teaching and Exegesis

Last week we released our first round of updates to the Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament and the High Definition New Testament: ESV Edition.

Since we shipped these two products last summer, Steve has been working on writing the Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction to Discourse Features for Teaching and Exegesis. Like the LDGNT and HDNT, the Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament is another first of its kind and promises to be a great supplement to Wallace's Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics.

Writing this grammar has given Steve the perfect opportunity to make another careful pass over the annotations in the LDGNT and HDNT and make improvements to them.

Best of all, if you already own the LDGNT or the HDNT, you can get the updated files for free. If you use Libronix on Windows, simply run the resource auto-update script. Libronix Update will automatically copy the new files to your resources folder and overwrite the old ones.

If you're using Logos for Mac, just download the two files (below) and copy them into your resources folder (i.e., Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Libronix DLS/Resources on the startup volume), overwriting the existing ones.

• LDGNT
• HDNTESV

Right-click on the above two files and select "Save Link As..." (Firefox) or "Download Linked File As..." (Safari).

Today's guest post is from Dr. Steve Runge, a scholar-in-residence at Logos Bible Software and author of the Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament, Lexham High Definition New Testament, and the forthcoming Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction to Discourse Features for Teaching and Exegesis.

Haddon Robinson is known for what has been called "Big Idea Preaching" based on the importance he places on preaching the central concept of a passage instead of merely the supporting ideas. The key to preaching the big idea is finding the big idea. He cites a really great example from Hebrews 10:19-25. Below is the text in the ESV.

19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

There are a whole gaggle of ideas in this passage. It can be tricky to unpack it properly.

One of the primary goals of the Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament and the Lexham High Definition New Testament is to help guide you through the process of digesting the grammar and structure of a passage. In the case of Hebrews 10, vv. 19-21 play the role of setting the state for the big idea that is given in v. 22. When passages get as complex as this, it is a real challenge to successfully find your way through to the big idea.

Now take a look at the same passage in the HDNT:

The "Complex" label on the left tells you that you are headed into a passage that has a lot happening. The "Principle" line is the main idea of the complex sentence, indicated by being indented only one level. All of the other supporting elements like the bullets, sub-points and elaboration are indented at least two places. The labels also help you understand what each of these parts is doing. The grayed text indicates backgrounding, information that helps to set the stage for the main idea, but is backgrounded to make sure the main idea is not missed.

If you are looking for some great resources for preaching, I would encourage you to look at a the Baker Preaching Collection, which is currently on Pre-Pub. If you want to learn more about discourse and its practical application to the New Testament, check out my forthcoming Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament. It provides all the background you have wanted to know about the Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament and the HDNT.

See also Haddon Robinson and Discourse Grammar, Part 1.

Although I wasn't there, I heard that we had a blast at ETS and SBL this year. Thanks for stopping by and saying hello. We love to meet new users and get reacquainted with old ones.

In case you weren't able to attend and don't keep up with the blogs of Mike, Rick, and Steve, I thought you might like to know that their papers are now available.

Mike presented a paper on "The Concept of a Godhead in Israelite Religion." He plans to turn it into two articles: one for a Christian academic audience, the other for a broader audience. If you're interested in OT studies and theology proper, I'd encourage you to give it a read. He welcomes your feedback. Read more at Mike's blog.

Rick's paper was on "The Discourse Function of αλλα in Non-Negative Contexts." He provides a helpful conference handout, as well as a nice abstract. If Greek conjunctions are your thing, this is sure to be stimulating reading. Read more at Rick's blog.

Steve presented a paper at ETS on "The Exegetical Significance of Meta-Comments for Identifying Key Propositions," with an accompanying PowerPoint presentation. The paper is a good taste of Steve's forthcoming Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction for Teaching and Exegesis, which is available for pre-order at Logos.com.

At SBL Steve gave a second paper on "The Discourse Function of Left-dislocation Constructions and their Contribution to Information Structure," which also had a PowerPoint presentation. Read more at Steve's blog.

By the way, we mentioned before that we introduced a number of new bundles and collections at ETS and SBL. They are still available at the same prices, so if you missed the first mention, be sure to give them a look.

Update: John Barry also presented a paper at SBL entitled "Will the Servant 'See Light'?: A Reexamination of the 'ôr Variant in Isaiah 53:11." He provides a helpful handout that summarizes his argument. Read more at John's Blog.

Steve Runge, a scholar-in-residence here at Logos and author of the Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament, the High Definition New Testament, and the forthcoming Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction to Discourse Features for Teaching and Exegesis has contributed to the blog here on several occasions.

But he has a lot more to say about discourse grammar, his area of expertise, so he's decided to start his own blog, NT Discourse. His stated goal is to remove the mystery from discourse grammar. If it's still a mystery to you, you might want to give it a read.

Steve's hit the blogging ground running, and has been averaging about five posts per week. Here's a sampling of the kinds of things he's been discussing:

• Intro to near/far distinctions
• Structuring information
• Meta-comment: Gal 1:9
• Choice and meaning
• The many faces of 'this', part 3
• The many faces of 'this', part 2
• The many faces of 'this', part 1
• Which "if" is it? Semantic meaning versus pragmatic effect
• Introduction to Meta-comments

If you've purchased the LDGNT or the HDNT and are looking for some help learning how to put them to good use, you'll definitely want to check out Steve's new blog. You RSS folks can grab his newly burned FeedBurner feed.

Even if you're not into discourse grammar, you won't want to miss Steve and his dog singing a duet!

We just posted a new video from Steve Runge about the Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament. You can watch it on the LDGNT product page or right here in the blog post.

Steve's been working hard for the last few months on a new discourse-related project, so be on the lookout for an announcement—perhaps even sometime this week.