John 20:28

Jim West jwest at highland.net
Tue Jan 30 16:03:00 EST 2001


At 10:52 PM 1/30/01 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi all-
>
>Thomas addresses Jesus and declares hO KURIOS MOU KAI hO QEOS MOU (vocative).
>
>Does the vocative in this case mean strictly speaking that Thomas is
addressing Jesus as Lord and God, or are we permitted to interpret Thomas'
reply as a general exclamation NOT addressed to Jesus, i.e. "Wow! My God!
Look, the holes in your hands and side!"

:-)

what a great idea!  you would only need to show that the vocative is used in
this ejaculatory sense somewhere in contemporaneous literature.  i hope you
find such an example because i like it.

however, that said, i dont think the evangelist meant it that way.  rather,
it is a theological statement akin to the roman centurion's in mark.

best of luck though!

jim

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Jim West, ThD
Adjunct Professor of Bible, Quartz Hill School of Theology
Adjunct Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Hudson College

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