Definiteness of Identification Clauses in the Gospel and Letters of John

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This dissertation explores identification clauses in the Gospel and Letters of John, focusing on four major elements: linguistic, grammatical, exegetical, and theological. With at least 386 identification clauses in the New Testament (NT), 135 are found in the Gospel and Letters of John (34.97%). The research incorporates insights from general linguistics into Greek grammar, particularly in the study and interpretation of identification clauses. The first chapter introduces the concept of definiteness, definite and indefinite articles, and four theories of definiteness in general linguistics. The second chapter focuses on the concept of definiteness and identification clauses in Greek grammars. The third chapter analyses the traditional and linguistic concepts of the word order of Greek clauses in the NT, focusing on markedness and prominence. The fourth chapter provides a statistical overview of the distribution of identification clauses and the position of the components in the NT,...