EPEI in Rom 3.6
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Dec 11 06:47:47 EST 2000
At 9:22 PM -0600 12/10/00, Steven R. Lo Vullo wrote:
>On 12/10/00 8:05 PM, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
>
>> I'd add that it seems to me that EPEI frequently serves the same function
>> as a GAR, and that Rom 3:6 is a good instance of this. Couldn't we as
>> easily understand the sense if it were
>>
>> <PWS GAR KRINEI= hO QEOS TON KOSMON?> ?
>
>That sounds right. I do have one more question, though. (Please bear with me
>in my penchant for "correct" terminology.) GAR can be a subordinating causal
>conjunction or a coordinating explanatory conjunction (using Gramcord tags).
>Am I correct to assume that it would be a coordinating explanatory
>conjunction in the above case?
Yes, and it seems to me that the GAR is frequently used to add a
parenthetical comment, as in the celebrated ending of Mark (16:8) KAI
OUDENI OUDEN EIPAN; EFOBOUNTO GAR.
to add a rhetorical question:
1 Cor 2:10 ... TO GAR PNEUMA PANTA ERAUNA, KAI TA BAQH TOU QEOU; 11 TIS GAR
OIDEN ANQRWPWN TA TOU ANQRWPOU EI MH TO PNEUMA TOU ANQRWPOU TO EN AUTOU?
1 Cor 2:15 hO DE PNEUMATIKOS ANAKRINEI [TA] PANTA, AUTOS DE hUP' OUDENOS
ANAKRINETAI. 16 TIS GAR EGNW NOUN KURIOU, hOS SUMBIBASEI AUTON?
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics/Washington University
One Brookings Drive/St. Louis, MO, USA 63130/(314) 935-4018
Home: 7222 Colgate Ave./St. Louis, MO 63130/(314) 726-5649
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
WWW: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~cwconrad/
More information about the B-Greek
mailing list