[B-Greek] Col. 1:13a causal pronoun FOLLOW Up
Mitch Larramore
mitchlarramore at yahoo.com
Wed Apr 14 17:57:08 EDT 2004
Dr. Conrad (Cummings?)
Are you saying that part of the analysis of the Greek
RELATIVE clauses involves a determination of their
grammatical (better, their semantic) relationship to
the noun/clauses they modify?
Mitch
--- "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
wrote:
> At 7:37 PM +0000 4/14/04, <dhoxworth at charter.net>
> wrote:
> >><Mitch>
> >> Then, can I take a relative (pronoun) clause
> >> adverbially (causal)?
> >
> ><doug>
> >i'm not sure exactly what you're asking but i'll
> make an attempt.
> >
> >clauses can be relative, causal, comparative,
> local, temporal, purpose,
> >result, conditional, concessive, substantival, etc.
> to name a few
> >categories. a relative pronoun introduces a
> relative clause. i believe
> >relative clauses may be taken substantivally,
> adjectivally, or
> >adverbially. as to whether relative pronouns can be
> used to introduce a
> >causal clause i don't know. that would be a
> question for carl conrad or
> >someone else around these parts.
>
> eecummings here (aka cwc): Your text in question is
> hOS ERRUSATO hHMAS EK
> THS EXOUSIAS TOU SKOTOUS..., which is preceded by
> META CARAS EUCARISTOUNTES
> TWi PATRI TWi hIKANWSANTI hUMAS ...; TWi PATRI must
> be the antecedent of
> the hOS in 1:13; hOS is not in itself causal at all,
> but an interpreter
> might suppose that the clause hOS ERRUSATO hHMAS
> somehow explains the
> preceding "joyfully giving thanks to the father who
> has enabled you, who
> has rescued us from the power of darkness"--i.e. it
> is assumed that the
> "who has rescued us" implicitly means "inasmuch as
> he has rescued us." But
> the relative pronoun in and of itself has no
> semantic causal force.
> --
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University
> (Emeritus)
> 1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828)
> 675-4243
> cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
> WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/
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