Lexham Discourse Commentaries (3 vols.)
Digital Logos Edition
A New Approach to Exegesis
The Lexham Discourse Commentary series guides readers through the Greek text, integrating insights from the Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament and Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament. Each volume in the series shows how various discourse devices contribute to the overall flow and structure of the New Testament books by providing a unifying analysis of each text.
Dr. Steve Runge’s approach complements traditional approaches by helping readers understand the exegetical implications of the writer’s choices. The Lexham Discourse Commentaries offer sustained analysis on the text, but do not engage issues like background, setting, and audience that preoccupy traditional commentaries. Instead, Runge applies his years of research in discourse grammar to editing this running exegesis of the Greek. If you have been disappointed by the lack of discussion about structure, discourse flow, and rhetorical strategies in modern commentaries, then the Lexham Discourse Commentaries are for you.
- Provides an exegesis of the Greek text
- Analyzes the structure, discourse flow, and rhetorical strategies used by each writer
- Describes exegetical implications of the writer’s choices
- Features a basic introduction to the theoretical framework and methodology applied in the analysis
- Includes a glossary of technical terminology used in the commentaries
- Serves as a companion to the High Definition Commentary volumes
- Title: Lexham Discourse Commentaries
- Series Editor: Steven E. Runge
- Series: Lexham Discourse Commentaries
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Publication Date: 2017
- Volumes: 3
- Pages: 440
- Resource Type: Commentaries
- Topic: Greek Grammar
Steven E. Runge holds a BA in speech communication from Western Washington University, a master of theological studies degree in biblical languages from Trinity Western Seminary in Langley, BC, Canada, and a doctor of literature degree in biblical languages from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, which was supervised by Christo Van der Merwe. In preparation for his doctoral research, Steve completed several years of study in the linguistic fields of pragmatics and discourse grammar.
He has served as an adjunct faculty member at Northwest Baptist Theological College, Trinity Western University, and Associated Canadian Theological Schools (ACTS) while completing his education. Steve presently serves as a scholar-in-residence at Logos Bible Software, where, along with Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament, he has developed the Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament and the Lexham High Definition Commentaries.
Reviews
3 ratings
SEONGJAE YEO
10/5/2019
Charles
11/14/2017
Ryan Robinson
4/20/2017
I've been waiting for these to come out for a long time. Now they are finally here. I have only worked through one section in the Colossians volume by Kris Lyle so I can't act like my review is exhaustive, but I can say, these are great resources. They go clause my clause through the original text and speak to the features and flow of though. The idea of mental representation is helpful to grasp and the author helps you catch what, in this case, Paul is doing in the discourse. I also love that there is a connection to the discourse devices in Runge's Discourse Grammar. Also, the focus is on the text and following the original authors flow of though rather than constraining it to a predetermined outline from a translation. A lot of great things to say about this. This is the theory of discourse grammar plus other things at work on a text and I love it. Thankful for these resources. I would love to see more handbooks produced. I know these took a long time to get out, but I would still plead with Faithlife or someone else to consider continuing this needed series.
