Hendiadys

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sun Jul 11 20:15:50 EDT 1999


At 11:46 AM +1200 7/12/99, N & RJ Hanscamp wrote:
>Can Jn 3.5 "hUDATOS KAI PNEUMATOS" be a hendiadys?

What SINGLE notion might be expressed by the use of these two words
together? "spiritual water"? "liquid spirit"? I think you might do best
here to consult Raymond Brown's commentary for the range of ways in which
this phrase has been understood.



Carl W. Conrad
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