Matt. 12:32

CRAIG R HARMON REVCRAIGH at prodigy.net
Wed Jul 22 21:27:19 EDT 1998


Dear Edgar,

IMO it is possible, I suppose, but it seems to do violence, not to the
syntax per se,  but to the thought progression.  I think it highly unlikely
that the original readers would have understood it that way.  What clues are
there that lead one to this conclusion so contrary to the word order?
-----Original Message-----
From: Edgar Foster <questioning1 at yahoo.com>
To: Biblical Greek <b-greek at franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Wednesday, July 22, 1998 6:40 AM
Subject: Matt. 12:32


>Dear B-Greekers,
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>I have been working with the concepts of surface structure and deep
>structure as of late, and I'm trying an experiment on
>Matt. 12:32. The text reads as follows:
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>hOS D' AN EIPH KATA TOU PNEUMATOS TOU hAGIOU OUK AFEQHSETAI AUTWi OUTE
>EN TOUTWi TWi AIWNI OUTE EN TWi MELLONTI
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>My question:
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>Is it syntactically possible to paraphrase the text,
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>"whoever blasphemes the Holy Spirit, either in this age or in the
>coming one, will never be forgiven."
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>Does this deep structure rendition do extreme violence to the syntax
>of Matt. 12:32?
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>Thanks,
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>Edgar Foster
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>Classics Major
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>Lenoir-Rhyne College
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