An Analysis of the Attributive Participle and the Relative Clause in the Greek New Testament

Michael E. Hayes is an ordained pastor in the Lutheran church. He serves as Minister to Adults at historic St. John’s Lutheran Church in Old Towne Orange, California, where he preaches, teaches, leads discipleship ministries, and produces video curricula for small groups. He earned the doctor of philosophy degree in exegetical theology from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.

List of Illustrations – Preface by D. A. Carson – Copyright Acknowledgments – Acknowledgments – List of Abbreviations – Introduction: An Analysis of the Attributive Participle and the Relative Clause in the Greek New Testament – Restrictivity – Restrictive Clauses in the Greek New Testament – Nonrestrictivity – Nonrestrictive Clauses in the Greek New Testament – Final Synthesis, Implications, and Prospects – Appendices – Appendix One: Participial Constructions in the Greek New Testament – Appendix Two: Relative Clauses in the Greek New Testament – Index.

“It is one thing to look at a number of examples, even a great number. It is another thing to look at all of the examples, and that is exactly what Michael E. Hayes has done with his nonpareil study of attributive participles and relative clauses. Building upon my own growing suspicion that the two constructions are not equivalent in Koine Greek, he develops overwhelming facts, establishing the largely distinct nature of each construction, though acknowledging areas of overlap. This is the way linguistic understanding makes progress, viz., not by computer analysis but by the hard work of actually looking at data in context. Kudos!”
—James W. Voelz, Dr. Jack Dean Kingsbury Professor of New Testament Theology, Concordia Seminary

“Michael E. Hayes’s study of the attributive participle and the relative clause breaks new ground in the field of Greek linguistics. These constructions are in no way equivalent, even though many Greek teachers have taught the opposite for years, myself included. His work is a muchneeded corrective to the standard introductions to New Testament Greek. This is an invaluable resource for any student of the language of the New Testament. The author is to be commended for an excellent contribution to the ever-growing field of Greek linguistics.”
—David Alan Black, Dr. M.O. Owens, Jr. Chair of New Testament Studies, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary