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Neither is impossible; in particular, since the use of heißen is already old-fashioned and poetic, another oddity doesn’t feel too strange. The neutral word order, however, is that in the first senten …

Neither sentence is wrong. German word order is rather flexible, and while there is a tendency to have the second part of a split verb at the end, it isn't always the case. Possible reasons for pullin …

First, it is rather unusual to move the verb or any part of it to the first position. You would only use this word order if you really wanted to stress the verb, such as when correcting a misunderstan …

The rule stating that the verb is put in second position applies to main clauses. For subordinate clauses, however, there is a different rule: The verb is generally in the final position, just as in y …

The text states that the fragment is of great interest because it, like L and Ψ, gives the shorter ending of the Gospel of Mark first. More or less the only structural difference between the Ger …

The sentence consists of two clauses, one main clause (ich weiß nicht) and one subordinate clause (wann der Zug abfährt), each having their own verb and their own subject. Complex sentences can consis …

It is your reason b) here: The whole of “insbesondere das zweite Buch” is the subject, so the verb (“ist”) is still in second position.

All versions are grammatically OK, but your last version (with one mich) does indeed sound the most natural.

This type of clause is called uneingeleiteter Nebensatz (subordinate clause without a word to introduce it). It is marked by the finite verb being in first position, similar to a question, and of cour …