identifying sentences
Mike Sangrey
msangrey at BlueFeltHat.org
Wed Aug 21 17:35:34 EDT 2002
On Wed, 2002-08-21 at 16:49, c stirling bartholomew wrote:
<snip>
> S. Levinsohn* has an extensive discussion of DE/KAI in narrative of
> Matt/Luke-Acts. He points out that DE always introduces a "new step or
> development in the author's argument or story."(page 72) He also seems to
> take for granted that DE invariably starts a new sentence in narrative, but
> this gets us back to the orignal problem of defining a sentence. So it would
> appear that Levinsohn agrees with you, that DE alone in this context is
> enough to answer the question raised.
I hope Clay doesn't mind me clarifying something; he did say "seems".
On page 115 in Levinsohn, he cites a non-narrative text, 1 Tim 1:9, and
mentions that "DE constrains the list to be processed as developing from
the preceding material." In this case, it clearly does NOT introduce a
new sentence.
Here's the text:
EIDWS TOUTO, hOTI DIKAIWi NOMOS OU KEITAI, ANOMOIS DE KAI ANUPOTAKTOIS,
ASEBESI KAI AMARTWLOIS, ANOSIOIS KAI BEBHLOIS, PATROLWiAIS KAI
MHTROLWiAIS, ANDROFONOIS,...the list continues.
The meaning of the words sets up the adversative nature and DE brings
the sense of development into the picture.
> I am not going to argue with Levinsohn about this. He has done a lot of
> homework on this and he is worth consulting if you have some time.
Amen!
>
> Clay
>
> *pp. 69-93, Levinsohn, Stephen Discourse Features of New Testament Greek,2nd
> Ed.
> SIL2000.
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Mike Sangrey
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Landisburg, Pa.
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"A net of highly cohesive details reveals the truth."
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