About
Steve serves as a Scholar-in-Residence at Logos Bible Software. He has a Doctor of Literature degree in Biblical Languages from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, 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. This culminated in attending a workshop on discourse analysis offered by SIL/Wycliffe Bible Translators, facilitated by Stephen H. Levinsohn. He has also earned a Master of Theological Studies degree in Biblical Languages from Trinity Western Seminary in Langley, B.C., and a BA in Speech Communication from Western Washington University.
Steve 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. He is also very active in the church. He and his wife were married in 1990. They have two daughters, and live in Bellingham.
He has developed the following discourse-based resources:
Hey Steve,
I was just wondering when the Discourse Grammar will be finished. I learned Attic Greek in my undergrad (from Hansen & Quinn) and was pretty comfortable in its descriptions of Aspect and Tense. I was hoping to get a hold of Discourse Grammar so as to understand a thoroughly linguistic approach to Koine.
Andrew,
The grammar is due out later next month, so in time for school to start. The typesetter is working on it currently. Regarding the verbal system, I have described aspects of it, but it was beyond the scope of the initial edition to try and do everything. If you are interested in a preview, the first few chapters are available in a sample on my publications page.
I will be giving a paper on the historical present this year at SBL, blogging about it along the way. This forms has been the basis of throwing out many things, and I feel it still lacks an adequate description. How one describes the HP determines how they approach the wider verbal system. Both need reassessment. Greek does not have tense like English, but the aspect-only folks have failed IMO to complete their argument against it. A correction has been needed, yes, but I think that complete elimination is over-reaction, and misrepresenting the data. More to follow.
Thanks so much for the lead, Steve. I’ll get into them soon. I’m just beginning to approach the Verbal Aspect Theory and am struggling to make it around the linguistics-terminology-curve. Any suggestions? (I’ve read most of Con Campbell’s Basics of V.A., but have been helped more in the beginning chapters of Decker’s Temporal Deixis in Mark).
I’ve enjoyed your blog, and your balance of technicality and practicality.
in Christ,
Steve,
Will copies (CD or hardcopy) of your Discourse Grammar be available at SBL? I’m trying to decide whether I should order now or just wait to pick up a copy at the Logos exhibit. BTW, I have enjoyed reading your blog now for about nine months. I read in your posts that you spent some time around Springfield, VA and Goshen Scout Camp. All three of my boys attended Goshen during the summers, but I think it was probably after you. I live in Lorton, VA right next door to Springfield. Look forward to hearing your paper at SBL and meeting you if possible.
Craig, The goal is to have the e-version done, but the paperbacks will likely not be there in bulk.
Hi Steve,
I’m somewhat confused on the LEXHAM projects. Is any of you publications out in print? If so, where might the be available?
Thanks
Carsten
Carsten,
The Lexham projects are all electronic databases at this point, available for both Mac and PC. The Discourse Grammar will be coming out in print in the coming year. With the pop-up features of the databases, I am not sure that they are suitable for print. Hope that helps.