John 1:18

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Sep 30 10:18:23 EDT 2002


At 5:12 PM +0300 9/30/02, Iver Larsen wrote:
>>
>> I noticed that this verse was cited by Carl when
>> discussing the fronting issue.
>>
>> QEON OUDEIS hEWRAKEN PWPOTE: MONOGENHS QEOS hO WN EIS
>> TON KOLPON TOU PATROS EKEINOS EXHGHSATO.
>>
>> Why EKEINOS here? Seems like hOUTOS would be expected
>> with its "near antecedent."
>
>One factor which does not answer the question completely is that John is
>especially fond of using EKEINOS substantively. From a quick search in my
>database I found the following occurrences of EKEINOS used substantively:
>Matthew - 4
>Mark - 5
>Luke - 4
>John - 52
>1 John - 7
>
>total in NT - 95
>
>Another part of the issue is the difference between deictic use of pronouns
>compared to contrastive and text referential use, but that is too much for
>me to go into now. I would need to do more research on some hunches. Or
>maybe some one else has done such research?

My own response to Waldo's question would be that EKEINOS points backwards
beyond TOU PATROS to MONOGENHS QEOS as a designation for Jesus the LOGOS
made-flesh. That is to say, the evangelist wants to clearly differentiate
in a way that hOUTOS here might not do. Or so I think.
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
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