Tag Archives: Darrell Sutton

Labyrinthine Linguistics

 Labyrinthine Linguistics Stanley E. Porter, The Pastoral Epistles: A Commentary on the Greek Text. Baker Academic. 2023. Pp.i-xxi, 1-969. $70.00, reviewed by Darrell Sutton This important book is the result of close reading and scrupulous study. The approach is linguistic, … Continue reading

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The Lives of Latin Texts

The Lives of Latin Texts Lauren Curtis, Irene P. Garrison, eds., The Lives of Latin Texts: Papers Presented to Richard J. Tarrant, Harvard University Press, Loeb Classical Monograph, 2020, pp. i-xxvii; 1-336, reviewed by Darrell Sutton Distinguished as a textual critic, … Continue reading

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Ars Poetica, Remembering A. E. Housman, 2

Ars Poetica, Remembering A.E. Housman, 2  By Darrell Sutton III The prolongation of the Great War did not hinder Housman’s scholarly duties. Volume 3 in his series on Manilius was issued in 1916. He offered advise to aspirant poets. He … Continue reading

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The Incomparable Gilbert Highet

The Incomparable Gilbert Highet R.J.Ball, The Classical Legacy of Gilbert Highet, Lockwood Press, 2021. Pp. I-IVI; 1-104. $34.95, reviewed by Darrell Sutton Great scholars need biographers to tell their stories, to disclose information that would not be made available otherwise. In recent … Continue reading

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Ancient Greek Dialects

Ancient Greek Dialects Heinrich von Siebenthal, Ancient Greek Grammar for the Study of the Greek New Testament (2019), Peter Lang Pp. x-xxii; 1-738, reviewed by Darrell Sutton The study of ancient Greek grammar is a specialism requiring particular powers of … Continue reading

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The Epistle to the Romans, Part IV

The Epistle to the Romans, Part IV by Darrell Sutton Literacy in the ancient Greco-Roman Republic was more widespread than in some other civilizations. Oxyrhynchus papyri-texts are extant and confirm that assertion. Depending on the writings one studied, the culture … Continue reading

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The Epistle of Paul to the Romans, Part III

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE ROMANS, PART III [i] By Darrell Sutton In the study of ancient Christian texts students are obliged to investigate wider settings such as social and cultural histories and imperial policies. The text of Romans fascinates … Continue reading

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The New Oxford Annotated Bible

The New Oxford Annotated Bible 5thedition, Oxford University Press, fully revised and expanded, NRSV with Apocrypha. Pp. xxiii, 2416, ISBN: 978-0190276096. $95.00., reviewed by Darrell Sutton When Early Modern English was becoming the vernacular speech, Edward VI (1537-1553) removed restrictions … Continue reading

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Statius’ Silvae

Statius’ Silvae Specifics regarding the life of Publius Papinius Statius (c.45 AD-96 AD) are for the most part derived from material in the Silvae. Scholars believe that Statius’ biography is recoverable. Perhaps, but most scholarly conclusions are of the speculative … Continue reading

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Postscript on St Paul’s “Anti-Semitism”

Postscript on St Paul’s “anti-Semitism” by Darrell Sutton In two previous papers I introduced a letter of the Apostle Paul to Christians in Rome. The letter was written in the first century AD. Some of the recipients may have been … Continue reading

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