This is the twelfth volume of the hard-copy edition of a journal that has been published online (jgrchj.net) since 2000. Volume 1 was for 2000, Volume 2 was for 2001-2005, Volume 3 was for 2006, Volume 4 was for 2007, Volume 5 was for 2008, Volume 6 was for 2009, Volume 7 was for 2010, Volume 8 was for 2011-2012, Volume 9 was for 2013, Volume 10 was for 2014, Volume 11 was for 2015 and Volume 12 is for 2016. As they appear, the hard-copy editions will replace the online materials. The scope of JGRChJ is the texts, language and cultures of the Greco-Roman world of early Christianity and Judaism. The papers published in JGRChJ are designed to pay special attention to the 'larger picture' of politics, culture, religion and language, engaging as well with modern theoretical approaches. Contents
Seth M. Ehorn and Mark Lee
The Syntactical Function of ¿¿¿¿ ¿ä in Phil. 2.4
Matthew Oseka
Attentive to the Context: The Generic Name of God in the Classic Jewish Lexica and Grammars of the Middle Ages--A Historical and Theological Perspective
David I. Yoon
Ancient Letters of Recommendation and 2 Corinthians 3.1-3: A Literary Analysis
Stanley E. Porter
The Synoptic Problem: The State of the Question
Greg Stanton
Wealthier Supporters of Jesus of Nazareth
Preston T. Massey
Women, Talking and Silence: 1 Corinthians 11.5 and 14.34-35 in the Light of Greco-Roman Culture
Hughson T. Ong
The Language of the New Testament from a Sociolinguistic Perspective
Jonathan M. Watt
Semitic Language Resources of Ancient Jewish Palestine
Stanley E. Porter
The Use of Greek in First-Century Palestine: A Diachronic and Synchronic Examination