[B-Greek] Greek Word Order And Emphasis

Ted Shoemaker tedsmath at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 23 13:13:16 EDT 2004


"Emery Horvath" <agapeland at gorilla.net> wrote:

> I am a first year Greek student studying Mounce's
> BBG.  In my studies, I
> have run across the statement that Greek word order
> is used for emphasis.
> Could anyone explain this a bit and/or give an
> example?  How does 'emphasis'
> affect the exegesis of a passage?

In addition to the fine advice you have already
received on this list, I would add:
Don't take a rule made in English in the 19th or 20th
century as a perfect understanding of 2000-year-old
Greek.  

Relevant to the word-order question:
Some scholars have found that emphasis goes at the
beginning of a sentence.  Other scholars find emphasis
at the end.  Who is right?  Both, probably.

Language is used by people, not machines, and people
don't usually do things in a precise manner.  This
fact was of considerable frustration to me until I
accepted it.


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Ted Shoemaker
 
Every man has a final weapon: his life.  And if he's afraid to lose it, he throws away that weapon. - Charlton Heston in "Khartoum".

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