[B-Greek] verbal hendiadys in Gal 2:12?

Chuck J Bumgardner bumgardnerbunch at juno.com
Tue Apr 26 20:24:55 EDT 2005


Hello, all,

I'm trying to understand the nuance of stellesqai in 2Th 3:6.  Abraham
Malherbe in his AB commentary on Thessalonians (p. 450) connects that
term with hupostellw, then mentions the following phrase in Gal 2:12 as
an example of a verbal hendiadys: hupestellen kai aphwrizen heauton.  I'm
trying to grasp the significance of the hendiadys form for verbs,
particularly for these two.  Bullinger (657ff) uses most of his
descriptive power on hendiadyses formed with nouns, and is content merely
to give examples for verbal hendiadyses.  Could those of you who are wise
in the ways of hendiadyses (including how to pluralize that word!) give
some input on several questions:

1)        Is the above phrase from Gal 2:12 indeed a hendiadys?  It seems
to fit Bullinger's qualifications (same part of speech, joined by kai. 
He says nouns must be in same case, but doesn't address verbs -- but
these are both imperfects), and as far as I can tell, the definition in
BDF (442.16).

2)        If it is a hendiadys, what would be a good translation? 
Something like, "he began withdrawing -- even separating himself"?

3)        Does this (assumed) hendiadys help to elucidate the meaning of
hupostellw by connecting it with aforizw?  If so, how?

4)        Where can I do some further reading on this question?  This
link: http://www.geocities.com/bible_translation/glossh.htm#hendiadys
limits the discussion to nouns.  This link:
http://www.geocities.com/bible_translation/hendiadys.txt was a bit more
helpful.  Web sources are fine; I'd actually be more interested in print
sources.

Thanks in advance,

Chuck Bumgardner
East Park Baptist Church
Decatur, Illinois



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