[B-Greek] "monon" - I Cor. 15:19

Anthony Buzzard anthonybuzzard at mindspring.com
Tue Mar 27 17:25:09 EST 2007


Dave, I defer to my superiors here. They may say that it does not 
modify a verb here, but if it does the verb would be "pray."
Certainly monon is an adverb here.  Nice point you raise.
Anthony.


. At 05:39 PM 3/27/2007, Dave wrote:
>Anthony,
>
>What verb does "monon" modify in Jn. 17:20?
>
>Dave
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Anthony Buzzard [mailto:anthonybuzzard at mindspring.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 4:33 PM
> > To: Dave; b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: Re: [B-Greek] "monon" - I Cor. 15:19
> >
> > Dave, Monon in both the verses you raise is an adverb and so
> > does not agree with a noun but modifies a verb.
> > Anthony.
> >
> >
> > At 04:52 PM 3/27/2007, Dave wrote:
> > >"Monon" in Jn. 17:20 doesn't agree in gender, number or case with the
> > >nominal element "these," does it?  But it modifies "these,"
> > doesn't it?
> > >Couldn't "monon" in I Cor. 15:19 likewise modify a
> > noun/pronoun? ("life" or
> > >"we"?)
> > >
> > >Thank you for your patience.
> > >
> > >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
> > > > http://purl.org/net/kmpenner/
>
>
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