[B-Greek] "monon" - I Cor. 15:19
Dave
jer2329 at preteristcosmos.com
Tue Mar 27 15:13:48 EST 2007
If MONON "unambiguously" modifies the verb (having hoped), why do most(?)
translations have it modifying one of the nouns (life)?
Thank you,
Dave :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Penner [mailto:ken.penner at acadiau.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 2:57 PM
> To: Dave; b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: RE: [B-Greek] "monon" - I Cor. 15:19
>
> Pace Anthony, MONON does not modify any nominal element,
> since it does not agree in gender, number, and case with
> anything else. It unambiguously modifies the verb (having hoped).
> If in this life in Christ we have only hoped ...
>
> Ken
>
> Ken M. Penner, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Acadia Divinity
> College, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada B4P 2R6.
> (902)585-2213
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>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
> > [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Dave
> > Sent: March 27, 2007 4:38 PM
> > To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: [B-Greek] "monon" - I Cor. 15:19
> >
> > Hello. I'm new to this list. Thank you for having me.
> >
> > I have a question about the translation of the first part of I Cor.
> > 15:19.
> > As I understand it, there are four grammatical possibilities as to
> > where to place the word "monon" (alone/only) in this clause:
> >
> > 1. "If in this LIFE ONLY we have hoped in Christ...."
> (Monon modifies
> > "life.")
> > 2. "If in this life we have had ONLY HOPE in Christ...."
> > (Monon modifies
> > "hope.")
> > 3. "If in this life we have hoped ONLY in CHRIST...."
> (Monon modifies
> > "Christ.")
> > 4. "If in this life WE ALONE have hoped in Christ...."
> > (Monon modifies
> > "alone.")
> >
> > The translators have precluded options #3 & #4. My
> question is this:
> > Is the rejection of those two options purely for _contextual_ and
> > _theological_ reasons? Or are there also _grammatical_ reasons to
> > preclude options #3 & #4?
> >
> > In other words, if someone were to walk into a room and blurt out,
> > without any context, the Greek sentence, "In this life we
> have hoped
> > in Christ alone," what would be the grammatically most
> > natural/probable meaning of that sentence with no context? Are all
> > four of the possible meanings equally likely from a grammatical
> > standpoint? Or are some of them more grammatically "awkward" than
> > others? How would you arrange the above four context-less
> > translations from grammatically least likely to grammatically most
> > likely?
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your help.
> >
> > Dave :)
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