The Pastoral Letters: A Handbook on the Greek Text

by Larry J. Perkins

Overview

The Pastoral Letters: A Handbook on the Greek Text offers teachers and students a comprehensive guide to the grammar and vocabulary of the Pastoral Letters. A perfect supplement to any commentary, this volume’s lexical, analytical, and syntactical analysis is a helpful tool in navigating New Testament literature. Larry J. Perkins leads students toward both a greater understanding of the Greek text and an appreciation for the textual and rhetorical intricacies not available in English translations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481300407
Publisher:	Baylor University Press
Publication date:	08/15/2017
Series:	Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	343
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Larry J. Perkins is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Northwest Baptist Seminary and the Associated Canadian Theological Schools of Trinity Western University. He is President Emeritus of Northwest Baptist Seminary.

What People are Saying About This

Larry Perkins’ grammatical, linguistic, and rhetorical analysis will be helpful to advanced Greek students who seek to compare their own analyses with a careful Greek scholar. Claiming to analyze, not interpret, the Greek text, Perkins cautiously stays on the middle path as to authorship and issues related to women and ministry.

Aída Besançon Spencer

Larry Perkins' grammatical, linguistic, and rhetorical analysis will be helpful to advanced Greek students who seek to compare their own analyses with a careful Greek scholar. Claiming to analyze, not interpret, the Greek text, Perkins cautiously stays on the middle path as to authorship and issues related to women and ministry.

Aída Besançon Spencer

Larry Perkins’ grammatical, linguistic, and rhetorical analysis will be helpful to advanced Greek students who seek to compare their own analyses with a careful Greek scholar. Claiming to analyze, not interpret, the Greek text, Perkins cautiously stays on the middle path as to authorship and issues related to women and ministry.

Editorial Reviews

The careful and detailed analysis of the Greek text by Larry Perkins (Handbook on the Greek Text, Baylor) in The Pastoral Letters will be useful to the pastor working through the text…

and Michael Garrett

Preaching Magazine

This is a valuable series for those students of the New Testament who want a comprehensive and reliable guide to the Greek text of individual New Testament books.

The Bible Today - Donald Senior

The BHGNT series is a useful place to find in-depth discussions specifically related to the Greek text. Perkins’s volume is no exception.

Journal for the Study of the New Testament - Tom de Bruin

An outstanding resource for Greek readers to engage the biblical text seriously with a tutor attuned to the linguistic style and context of the author(s).

James B. Prothro