For the NT something like Moulton's A grammar of New Testament Greek would be more specific, though it's badly outdated.Īnyway, the result is that it's usually unambiguous whether a sentence is a question or not. You can find further details in any grammar of ancient Greek: I like The Cambridge grammar of Classical Greek, though obviously its emphasis is on Classical Greek. In all but the most casual Greek language, Greek questions begin with an interrogative: equivalents to 'what', 'who', 'where', 'how', and so on, but also one that English doesn't have, ἆρα, which corresponds to situations where English doesn't have an interrogative word - like 'Is the sky blue?', which in Greek could be ἆρ’ ἐστι γλαυκὸς ὁ οὐρανός As a result question marks are useful.īut many languages, including Greek, lay a heavier emphasis on interrogative words. In English questions can be posed simply by reversing the order of the verb and the subject ('Is the sky blue' vs 'The sky is blue') informal English sometimes doesn't even bother doing that. Just for reference, not having a question mark doesn't mean you can't identify questions. List of Biblical Studies Academic Journals Just message the moderators through modmail to start the process! Flair for Scholarsĭo you hold an advanced degree in a field related to Biblical Studies? If so you can acquire flair next to your username which indicates your degree and field of study. If you would like to post your personal blog / YouTube channel / website, please message the sub moderators first. This includes personal insults in the course of discussion. will immediately be permanently banned from the sub. that use abusive language with intent to attack individuals or groups - whether that be racist, sexist, anti-Semitic, etc. Any user submitting content, comments, posts, etc. We operate under a zero tolerance policy. More superficial analysis will be removed at the moderators’ discretion.
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