Punctuation query
Decker, Rodney
rdecker at bbc.edu
Mon Dec 10 16:26:37 EST 2001
Could anyone offer an example (or a few such) in which the *punctuation* of
a NT text (i.e., a punctuation variant) changes the meaning? I'm looking for
clear examples in which the text could be read (legitimately, not
humorously!) in at least two different ways depending on the way the text is
punctuated--and which readings clearly result in a different meaning (not
just a different emphasis or two different way to say essentially the same
thing).
The primary impetus for this query is an English teacher's query for such an
example as she teaches punctuation. I've run across such examples before
(often involving questions, as I recall--though I'd prefer exs. which hinge
on a colon vs coma vs period), but I can't pull up any off the top of my
head at the moment--and I don't have the time to do a lot of work tracking
it down. Who better to ask, I thought, than the b-greek community where such
knowledge is readily available?!
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Rodney J. Decker, Th.D.
Associate Prof./NT
Baptist Bible Seminary
Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania
http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/
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