Department of Biblical Studies
Margaret Sim, Ph.D.
Head of Biblical Studies Department and Lecturer in New Testament
margaret.sim@negst.edu
Education
Ph.D. in Divinity (New Testament), University of Edinburgh
M.Th. (New Testament), University of Aberdeen
M.A. (Linguistics), University of Nairobi
M.A. in Classics (Greek & Latin), Glasgow University
Philosophy of Teaching
My aim is to create in students an enthusiasm for the subject and to empower them so that they will continue research on their own account. I try to encourage critical thinking and the ability to apply what is learned to an African context.
Research Interests
Biblical Greek, Pauline studies, Graeco Roman World, Language change in 1st century CE.
Publications
Articles
1985 Verbal morphophonemics in Kambaata in Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere 2
Koeln.
1988 Palatalisation and Gemination in Kambaata Journal of Afroasiatic Languages 1.1.
2004 Underdeterminacy in Greek Participles Bible Translator ( special edition to honour Paul Ellingworth, August 2004)
Forthcoming
Marking Thought and Talk in New Testament Greek Milton Keynes:Paternoster, 2008.
Selected Papers and Presentations
2003 SBL, Cambridge 'Underdeterminacy in Greek Participles - a Relevance Theoretic Approach.'
2007 SBL, Vienna 'Theology or syntax? A Relevance Theory approach to independent i(/na clauses'. 2007 British New Testament Conference, Exeter.