[B-Greek] 2 Cor 4:15 - word order

Paul Toseland toseland at blueyonder.co.uk
Sat Dec 27 20:42:02 EST 2003


Thank you, Ann. Perhaps then, if Paul had intended DIA to be construed 
with THN EUCARISTIAN
he might have written DIA THN EUCARISTIAN TOU PLEIONWN? What bothers me 
is that, in
the absence of contextual indicators to the contrary, it seems perfectly 
natural in 2 Cor 4:15 to take DIA
with  TWN  PLEIONWN , and assume that  THN EUCARISTIAN is the direct 
object of PERISSEUHi.
Why not make clear that DIA is to be construed with THN EUCARISTIAN, if 
that is what is intended?
Isn't it most natural to take DIA with a possible object that 
immediately follows? I guess it depends how
a sentence is processed by the mind; anyone out there into cognitive 
grammar?

Paul Toseland

Ann Nyland wrote:

>No, that's a screamingly classical Greek word order, natural a few hundred
>years before Paul's time.
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>Ann Nyland
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>>I just wrote:
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>> >I just wonder whether, if Paul had intended this, he would more
>> >naturally have said 'DIA THN TOU PLEIONWN EUCARISTIAN'?
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>>I meant, of course,
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>>I just wonder whether, if Paul had intended this, he would more
>>naturally have said 'DIA THN TWN PLEIONWN EUCARISTIAN'?
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>>Paul Toseland
>>Bristol, England
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