[B-Greek] Word order in 2 Cor 5:19
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat May 12 07:14:56 EDT 2007
On May 12, 2007, at 1:36 AM, Kimmo Huovila wrote:
> On Thursday 10 May 2007, Elizabeth Kline wrote:
>
>>> (KH) Thanks. How well would you consider "TI EPOIEI hO QEOS EN
>>> CRISTWi?"
>>> fits the
>>> word order?
>>
>> You are asking a question about pragmatics and word order?
>
> Yes.
>
>> I would
>> venture the suggestion that hOTI QEOS HN EN CRISTWi KOSMON
>> KATALLASSWN hEAUTWi answers the question *who* is doing what, not
>> what was QEOS doing. At this time I am having a hard time formlating
>> a nice theortical defense for this. Paul states first that TA DE
>> PANTA EK TOU QEOU ... and I would take QEOS HN EN CRISTWi KOSMON
>> KATALLASSWN hEAUTWi as an expansion on that idea.
>>
>> Perhaps later on the fog will clear I will post a better answer,
>>
>>
>> Elizabeth Kline
>
> Thanks. One important question is whether EN CRISTWi goes with HN or
> KATALLASSWN. If with KATALLASSWN, EN CRISTWi appears topicalized
> within the
> clause [EN CRISTWi...hEAUTWi].
I think it goes with HN or else with HN KATALLASSWN as a periphrastic
imperfect.
The question is whether the KATALASSWN participial phrase is
qualifying the subject
QEOS of the clause HN EN CRISTWi or whether the participle KATALASSWN is
understood as part of a periphrastic imperfect. I can see either
possibility, but I am
inclined to prefer to understand HN KATALASSWN as a periphrasatic verb.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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