A Syntactical Analysis of oὖν in Papyrus 66 83 (1) Continuative a. Continuative simple b. Resumptive c. Responsive d. Transitional (2) Inferential a. Deductive b. Conclusive c. Interrogative d. Comparative (3) Emphatic (4) Adversative (1) Continuative. Although Attic Greek greatly prefers to use οὖν in- ferentially, Cooper summarizes the continuative use in Attic Greek, “Οὖν as a conjunction is sometimes connective, as when it articulates a narrative, meaning well or now but developing an almost temporal sense then or next”30. The continuative use of οὖν can be a matter of authorial preference for οὖν in place of other particles as they serve often indistinguishable functions. Dana and Mantey comment: “The word now indicates the continuation of a subject from one thought to another, the introduction of a new phase of thought, or of an explana- tion. Under this classification οὖν is a synonym for such words as γάρ, δέ, καί, and even τότε”31. Mantey thinks that the continuative use, while often overlooked in translation, accounts for about 170 oc- currences of οὖν in the NT with more than half of these occurrences being in John’s Gospel32. Mantey also makes a helpful note on the translation of the continuative οὖν, “Then and now are the two words I use to translate οὖν in this classification. The former indicates a suc- cession of either time or events, the latter, a continuation of a subject from one thought to another or the introduction of a new phase of thought”33. We can subdivide the continuative use into more specific groups. Again, hard distinctions cannot always be drawn between the inferential and continuative uses of οὖν, but the former conveys a logical relationship while the latter conveys a sequential or temporal relationship or serves more generally just to move forward the narra- tive. 30 Cooper, Attic Prose, 1413; cf. LSJ οὖν II 31 Dana and Mantey, Manual Grammar, 253; cf. Mantey, “Meaning”, 63. 32 Mantey, “Meaning”, 63. 33 Ibid., 63.