[B-Greek] Col. 1:13a causal pronoun FOLLOW Up2
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Apr 15 10:03:39 EDT 2004
At 6:19 AM -0700 4/15/04, waldo slusher wrote:
>Mitch:
>
>I think some confusion has been introduced by the dual
>use of "relative clause." A relative clause can begin
>with a relative PRONOUN, in which case it will be
>adjectival. A relative clause can also begin with a
>relative ADVERB, in which case it will be adverbial.
>But your question initially was about a relative
>PRONOUN. And in those instances, the clauses will be
>adjectival.
Waldo, what you say is not wrong, but it's not altogether right either.
In Mt 28:6 DEUTE IDETE TON TOPON hOPOU EKEITO, the relative clause hOPOU
EKEITO is adjectival and has TON TOPON as its antecedent. Similarly in Mk
4:5 KAI ALLO EPESEN EPI TO PETRWDES hOPOU OUK EICEN GHN POLLHN, hOPOU OUK
EICEN GHN POLLHN is adjectival and has TO PETRWDES as its antecedent. With
hOPOU this is really fairly commonly the case, although in Mt 24:28 hOPOU
EAN TO PTWMA, EKEI SUNACQHSONTAI hOI AETOI, hOPOU EAN TO PTWMA is indeed
adverbial with EKEI as its antecedent and moreover is a relative clause in
a generalizing condition. Relative clauses introduced by a relative adverb
are not that common, and they really need to be analyzed on a case-by-case
basis.
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Carl W. Conrad
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