2 Co 1:5 Displacement in Chiasm?

c stirling bartholomew cc.constantine at worldnet.att.net
Sun Apr 7 01:16:31 EST 2002


on 4/6/02 11:48 AM, Paul O. Wendland wrote:

> Dear B-Greekers:
> 
> 2 Co 1:5--
> 
> hOTI KAQWS PERISSEUEI TA PAQHMATA TOU CRISTOU EIS hHMAS OUTWS DIA TOU
> CRISTOU PERISSEUEI KAI hH PARAKLHSIS hHMWN
> 
> because just as there does abound the sufferings of Christ toward us so
> through Christ there does abound also our consolation.
> 
> Martin in his commentary (loc. cit.) identifies this as a chiasm.  If so,
> it's not the neatest chiasm I've ever seen since hH PARAKLHSIS hHMWN is out
> of sequence.  My question is: would this arrangement have been felt as a
> displacement within the expected word order of a chiasm?  That is, we'd
> expect hH PARAKLHSIS hHMWN to precede its verb but Paul shifts it to the end
> of the clause for emphasis?  Or am I missing something basic again?
> 
> Second question (assuming that it is a displacement) would there be any
> other examples of this sort of thing that any of your might be aware of?
> 


Paul,

I see you are located on  Seminary Drive so I would recommend going over the
the library and taking a look at pages 196-198 and 209 in:

Harvey, John D. Listening to the text : oral patterning in Paul's letters /
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c1998.

Harvey demonstrates several different ways of analysing 2Cor 1:3-7.

greetings,

Clay

--  
Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
Three Tree Point
P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062





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