[B-Greek] 1 Cor 15:22

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sun Jun 13 09:20:35 EDT 2004


The subject-header for this thread ought to have been altered when Harold
raised the original request regarding 1 Cor 15:22. That's unfortunate,
because the correspondence will be more difficult to locate in the archives.

>Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 09:09:18 -0400
>To: "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard at ont.com>
>From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
>Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Rom 1,17 prep phrase
>
>At 7:54 AM -0500 6/13/04, Harold R. Holmyard III wrote:
>>Dear list,
>>
>>I am in controversy with a universalist, and we are discussing I Cor
>>15:22, where one has:
>>
>>1Cor. 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made
>>alive.
>>
>>He think that in context this verse implies that everyone will be
>>resurrected to glory. I pointed out that the proper nouns Adam and
>>Christ are preceded by definite articles, but proper nouns usually
>>usually lack the article. The definite articles before Adam and
>>Christ in Greek suggest that these could be something other than
>>strictly proper names. Rather, they might function conceptually to
>>represent spheres or collectives. This is the first mention of Adam
>>in the context, so it cannot be the definite article of previous
>>reference.
>>
>>Does this suggestion have merit? Am I overlooking something? Thanks.
>
>(1) It would help if you'd cite the Greek text rather than cite a
>translation and then talk about the Greek text.
>(2) If the question is to be posed seriously, it ought to be dislodged from
>an apologetic context--the attempt to prove or disprove a doctrinal
>stance--and asked in its own right strictly in terms of grammar and
>immediate context.
>--
>
>Carl W. Conrad
>Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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