I had an interesting sleuthing experience today. I was following up on a comment sent to me by a colleague concerning the translation of 2 Corinthians 5:6 in the NET Bible. He had found an "online article" (his words) which contained a critique of our translation, specifically concerning the way we translate the Greek word καί. I was interested in the source of the critique to learn more about the author's arguments, but my colleague had not sent an original link. So I googled a phrase from the section he had quoted and found this link:
https://mail.jaars.org/~bt/titrud.doc
In order to avoid any Word macro viruses, I allowed Google to convert the link to html. This preserved the content, which I could then read as needed. I was interested in learning more about the author of this page, so I Googled his name and came across this bio page:
Posted toward the bottom of the bio are works of his, one of which deals specificaly with the use of καί in the NT:
1992. "The Function of Kai in the Greek New Testament and an Application to 2 Peter. In David Alan Black, ed. Linguistics and New Testament Interpretation. pp. 240-270. Nashville: Broadman: Broadman Press.
I searched for [Titrud function kai] in Google Book search to see if I could read it online to no avail. This essay is cited in many places, but the essay itself is not available. Not one to give up, I finally resorted to my own DTS library and found our copy of this book. Unfortunately it is checked out! Fortunately the hold I placed will snag it for me when it comes in.
Dr. Michael Burer is Assistant Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He is the assistant project director for the NET Bible and has contributed various studies to the bible.org site. His first book - A New Reader's Lexicon of the Greek New Testament, co-authored with Jeff Miller - was published Fall of 2008. 
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