[B-Greek] Gal. 3:28 conjunctions/adverbs

sandra hack polaski shpolaski at btsr.edu
Tue Aug 5 13:32:10 EDT 2003


I'm writing on Gal. 3:28 and pondering the best way to render the list of
opposites.
OUK ENI IOUDAIOS OUDE hELLEN
OUK ENI DOULOS OUDE ELEUTHEROS
OUK ENI ARSEN KAI THELU
Since OUK-OUDE is typically rendered "neither-nor," some published
translations use "there is neither...nor..." for the first two pairs; but
since the last has KAI rather than OUDE it is rendered "there is no male and
female."  That's what I've been doing, too, but I'm considering the option
of using "no" rather than "neither" for the first two pairs: "There is no
Jew nor Greek, there is no slave nor free, there is no male and female."
It's slightly less smooth in English, I realize; but it has the advantage of

rendering OUK with the same word each time. (I'm assuming most of my
audience will be non-Greek-readers.) Are there other considerations that
would weigh in in favor of a particular rendering?
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