Contents -- Acknowledgments xi -- Abbreviations xv -- Introduction 1 -- The Problem of the Construction 4 -- The Need for this Study 5 -- Methodological Considerations 7 -- Limitations in the Method and Scope of Research 18 -- Overview 23 -- Part One: Historical Investigation -- Preface: Jesus as Oeóç in the New Testament 27 -- Chapter 1. Granville Sharp and His Remarks on the Uses of the Definitive Article 31 -- A Short Life of Granville Sharp 31 -- The Writings of Granville Sharp 44 -- Sharp's Remarks on the Uses of the Definitive Article 47 -- Chapter 2. Two Centuries of Misunderstanding 55 -- From Wordsworth to Winstanley: Early Reactions to Sharp's First Principle 58 -- From Middleton to Winer: The Eclipse of Understanding 65 -- The Rising Misunderstanding, Abuse, and Neglect of Sharp's Canon 71 -- Chapter 3. Sharp Redivivus? 79 -- Part Two: Linguistic-Phenomenological Analysis -- Preface 87 -- Chapter 4. The Nature of the Construction in General 89 -- Chapter 5. The Construction Involving Personal, Singular, Non-Proper Substantives 101 -- A Proper Semantic Grid 102 -- The Empirical Data 106 -- Summary 131 -- Chapter 6. The Construction Involving Personal, Plural, Non-Proper Substantives 135 -- A Proper Semantic Grid 136 -- The Empirical Data 142 -- Chapter 7. The Construction Involving Personal, Singular, Proper Names 159 -- Chapter 8. The Construction Involving Impersonal Substantives 163 -- A Proper Semantic Grid 163 -- The Empirical Data 169 -- Chapter 9. Mixed Constructions 179 -- Conclusion 181 -- Part Three: Exegetical Implications and Interactions -- Preface 185 -- Chapter 10. Impersonal Substantive Constructions 187 -- Concrete Impersonal Constructions 187 -- Abstract Impersonal Constructions 201 -- Chapter 11. Personal, Plural, Non-Proper Constructions 211 -- Ambiguous Passages 212 -- Exegetically Significant Passages 214.

Chapter 12. Personal, Singular, Non-Proper Substantive Constructions 233 -- Sharp's Application to Christologically Significant Texts 233 -- Passages Overlooked by Sharp 237 -- Two Christologically Significant Texts 241 -- Chapter 13. Mixed Constructions 273 -- Conclusions 279 -- Exegetical Conclusions 279 -- Methodological Conclusions 284 -- Appendix. Constructions in the New Testament that Fit the Requirements of the Granville Sharp Rule 287 -- Bibliography 303 -- Ancient Reference Index 333 -- Scripture Index 333 -- Non-biblical References 344.