GranvilleSharp
Randy Gauthier
rxg909 at juno.com
Tue Nov 12 00:16:20 EST 2002
Original message:
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Subject: Re: GranvilleSharp
From: jldrick at juno.com
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 20:59:49 -0600
Folks,
Does the Granville Sharp rule apply only in
cases in which two nouns are joined by the conjunction?
Or does it apply where to phrases or clauses are joined?
For example, John 6: 33, "hO ARTOS TOU
QEOU ESTIN hO KATABAINWN EK TOU OURANOU
KAI ZWHN DIDOUS TWi KOSMWi." Would this rule
apply here to demonstrate that the one coming down
and the one giving life are one and the same?
If I understand this rule correctly, it would not
apply in vs. 35, "hO ERXOMENOS PROS EME OU MH
PEINASHi KAI hO PISTEUWN EIS EME OU MH DIYHSEI
PWPOTE." The reason it does not apply is the repetition
of the article hO. Correct? Since it does not apply, does
this mean that hO ERXOMENOS and hO PISTEUWN
should be taken as different people, or could they still
be the same person?
Jim Drickamer
Baton Rouge, La.
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If you do not have it, Granville Sharpe's rule #1 states as follows:
When the copulative KAI connects two nouns of the same case, [viz. nouns
(either substantive or adjective, or participles) of personal description
respecting office, dignity, affinity, or connection, and attributes,
properties, or qualities, good or ill,] if the article hO, or any of its
cases, precedes the first of the said nouns or participles, and is not
repeated before the second noun or participle, the latter always relates
to the same person that is expressed or described by the first noun or
participle: i.e. it denotes a farther description of the first-named
person; as, - Regarding two nouns sharing the same referent, there are
four requirements for the article-noun-kai-noun. Both nouns must be: (1)
Personal - i.e., they must refer to a person, not a thing; (2) Not proper
nouns (3) In the same case (4) Singular in number.
Since substantives [viz. nouns (either substantive or adjective, or
participles)] are included in this construction, 6:33 nicely fits this
"rule." Also, any modifiers can accompany the substantives, this does
not alter the fact that the article governs both substantives.
You are correct in understanding that GS does not apply to v 35 since the
article is present with both participles. However, this does not mean
that both participles cannot refer to the same person - they can - it
simply means that they do not fit the GS construct (Article Substantive
KAI Substantive), whereby one article governs more than one substantive.
-Randall Gauthier
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