"hOUTOS/hAUTH Word Order" and "Questions about questions"
CWestf5155 at aol.com
CWestf5155 at aol.com
Thu Jun 21 17:09:18 EDT 2001
In a message dated 6/19/01 1:47:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
marksresearch at hawaii.rr.com writes:
> EXAMPLE:
>
> I have discussed in very general terms my theory of syntactic mechanics and
> semantic motivations for word order. In my dissertation I applied this to
> the Epistle to the Hebrews and found that it works. One example is that
> every time QEOS is used as subject of a verb (10 times total) it is always
> in the "special" word order. Following is a couple of pages from my
> dissertation:
>
> But one does not need to go into neurology to test this theory. Following
> are some verse-by-verse conclusions from uneconomic word order motivated by
> discourse importance.
> 265. Heb 1:9. God is the one who set Christ above His companions.
> 266. Heb 2:13. God is the one who gave children to follow Christ.
> 267. Heb 4:4. God is the one who rested from His works.
> 268. Heb 6:3. God is the one who permits or does not permit ministry
> activities.
> 269. Heb 9:20. God is the one who commanded obedience to the covenant.
> 270. Heb 11:5. God is the one who took Enoch away.
> 271. Heb 11:16. God is the one who is not ashamed to be called their God.
> 272. Heb 12:7. God is the one who is treating us like sons.
> 273. Heb 13:4. God is the one who judges adulterers and the sexually
> immoral.
> 274. Heb 13:16. God is the one who is pleased with such sacrifices.
>
Mark,
I am interested in word order and Hebrews, so I gave your post extra
attention.
I have a few concerns. In the list above, five of the occurrences are
citations so that all things being equal, the LXX translator would be
responsible for the word order. Now if the citation in Hebrews differs in
word order from the LXX and the LXX is SV instead of VS, it would help your
case significantly. On the other hand, if it is exactly the same order, then
the Hebrews author is not responsible (though you might suggest that he
selected the citation because of the word order).
The other concern is that there are a number of other verses in Hebrews where
God is the subject of a verb besides the ten you mentioned. Furthermore, in
1:1, 6:13, 6:17 and 13:20, the order is SV, though apart from 1:1 the
sentence structure is quite complicated.
So, I think it would improve your case to consider the citations seperately
in comparison and contrast with the LXX and to make sure that you include all
occurrences of QEOS with a finite verb.
Cindy Westfall
Assistant Professor
Colorado Christian University
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