I John 2:2 - hHMETERWN DE MONON

Jean-Francois Racine Jean-Francois_Racine at uqac.uquebec.ca
Fri Jul 16 11:18:24 EDT 1999


At 09:56 AM 7/16/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>This is probably a Greek 101 question, so forgive me for its
>simplicity.  (I hope this hasn't been asked a hundred times!)
>
>In I John 2:2 we have
>
>    KAI AUTOS hILASMOS ESTIN PERI TWN hAMARTIWN hHMWN, OU PERI TWN
>hHMETERWN DE MONON ALLA KAI...
>
>MONON, being an accusative, surprised me.  I would have thought it
>should agree with hHMETERWN.  Does MONON modify the whole
>prepositional phrase (PERI TWN hHMETERWN)?
>
>Also, and I suspect this is related to the first question, what
>function is DE performing?
>
>Could MONON be adverbial, thus giving: "He is the expiation, the
>only one existing..."?
>
>Thanks for any help as PARAKOLOUQEW FRONOUNTA EN TNi hELLHNIKHi.
>
>-- 
>Mike Sangrey
>mike at sojurn.lns.pa.us

Mike,

In my opinion, it is indeed adverbial and the phrase OU (PERI TWN
hHMETERWN) DE MONON ALLA KAI... corresponds to the English "not only ...
but also".



Jean-Francois Racine
Departement de sciences religieuses et ethique
Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi
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