Use of DE in 2 Thess.
dixonps at juno.com
dixonps at juno.com
Tue May 9 16:56:54 EDT 2000
On Tue, 09 May 2000 11:49:43 -0400 Mike Sangrey <mike at sojurn.lns.pa.us>
writes:
<sip>
> Regarding chapter two, here's my thought: Chapter 2:1-2 form a
> short and concise introduction to two topics, namely, the PAROUSIA
> and the EPISUNAGWGH. Then 2:3-12 discuss the PAROUSIA and 2:13-15
> the EPISUNAGWGH. Paul makes a transition into chapter two with DE and
> then transitions into the second of the two subjects (verse 13) also
with
> DE. I don't believe I've read this interpretation of 13-15 anywhere so
> I guess I'm sticking my neck out; but it does appear to me as a fair
> treatment of the structure of chapter two. Read it for yourself and
> see if in this light you don't sense Paul describing how Jesus gathers
> a people to himself.
Does Paul anywhere else introduce DE as a transition marker into two
subjects, discuss the first, then with a second DE transition into a
discussion
of the second? That would be interesting to see and would give more
credence
to your thesis.
An equalling plausible and perhaps more consistently Pauline is the view
that
Paul introduces A and B with the first DE, explains both in the following
verses
(3-12), then transitions to something else with the next DE.
Paul Dixon
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