Granville Sharp's Canon and Its Kin: Semantics and Significance

Granville Sharp’s Canon and Its Kin: Semantics and Significance......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 16
Introduction......Page 24
The Problem of the Construction......Page 27
The Need for This Study......Page 28
Methodological Considerations......Page 30
Limitations in the Method and Scope of Research......Page 41
Overview......Page 46
Part I: Historical Investigation......Page 48
Preface: Jesus as Θεός in the New Testament......Page 50
A Short Life of Granville Sharp......Page 54
The Writings of Granville Sharp......Page 67
Sharp’s Remarks on the Uses of the Definitive Article......Page 70
2 Two Centuries of Misunderstanding......Page 78
From Wordsworth to Winstanley: Early Reactions to Sharp\'s First Principle......Page 81
From Middleton to Winer: The Eclipse of Understanding......Page 88
The Rising Misunderstanding, Abuse, and Neglect of Sharp’s Canon......Page 94
3 Sharp Redivivus?......Page 102
Part 2: Linguistic-Phenomenological Analysis......Page 108
Preface......Page 110
4 The Nature of the Construction in General......Page 112
5 The Construction Involving Personal, Singular, Non-Proper Substantives......Page 124
A Proper Semantic Grid......Page 125
The Phenomena in the New Testament......Page 129
Nouns in the TSKS Personal Construction (TNKN)......Page 130
Participles in the TSKS Personal Construction (TPKP)......Page 132
Mixed Elements in the TSKS Personal Construction......Page 134
The Phenomena in Extra-NT Greek Literature......Page 137
Classical Usage......Page 138
Usage in the Non-Literary Papyri......Page 140
Exceptions to the Rule outside the New Testament......Page 145
Summary......Page 154
6 The Construction Involving Personal, Plural, Non-Proper Substantives......Page 158
A Proper Semantic Grid......Page 159
Discrete Groups, though United......Page 160
Overlapping Groups......Page 161
Second Group Subset of First......Page 162
Both Groups Identical......Page 163
The Phenomena in the New Testament......Page 165
Semantic Classifications......Page 166
Discrete Groups, though United......Page 167
Overlapping Groups......Page 168
First Group Subset of Second......Page 169
Second Group Subset of First......Page 170
Both Groups Identical......Page 171
Summary......Page 175
Extra-NT Phenomena......Page 177
7 The Construction Involving Personal, Singular, Proper Names......Page 182
A Proper Semantic Grid......Page 186
Discrete though United......Page 192
First Subset of Second......Page 193
Identical Entities......Page 195
The Phenomena in Extra-NT Greek Literature......Page 197
9 Mixed Constructions......Page 202
Conclusion......Page 204
Part 3: Exegetical Implications and Interactions......Page 206
Preface......Page 208
Concrete Impersonal Constructions......Page 210
Abstract Impersonal Constructions......Page 224
11 Personal, Plural, Non-Proper Constructions......Page 234
Ambiguous Passages......Page 235
Exegetically Significant Passages......Page 237
Sharp\'s Application to Christologically Significant Texts......Page 256
Colossians 2:2......Page 260
John 20:28......Page 261
Extra-Syntactical Confirmation......Page 264
Patristic Usage of Christological Texts......Page 265
Θεός Σωτήρ in the Milieu of the First Century......Page 268
General Syntactical Considerations......Page 272
θεός as a Proper Name......Page 274
Titus 2:13......Page 278
Second Peter 1:1......Page 288
Patristic Exceptions......Page 290
13 Mixed Constructions......Page 296
Exegetical Conclusions......Page 302
Methodological Conclusions......Page 307
Appendix: Constructions in the New Testament that Fit the Requirements of the Granville Sharp Rule......Page 310
Books......Page 326
Articles......Page 347
Other Materials......Page 353
Scripture Index......Page 356
Non-biblical References......Page 367