[B-Greek] Event words
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at ioa.com
Mon Aug 29 05:55:50 EDT 2005
Are there (in descriptive linguistics) regular categories for items
such as this? It seems to me that verbal nouns (e.g. PAROUSIA) must
often fall into this category of "event words"; we don't have a
gerund in Greek as such but we do have the articular infinitive,
verbal nouns in -SIS/-TIS like PRAXIS, which can sometimes refer to a
process in progress. Who has discussed this sort of thing and where
might I best read more about matters such as this?
On Aug 29, 2005, at 12:49 AM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:
> On Aug 28, 2005, at 7:52 PM, Eddie Mishoe wrote:
>
>> Romans 5:2 ends...
>>
>> KAI KAUCWMEQA EP’ ELPIDI THS DOXHS TOU QEOU
>>
>> One commentary I've consulted indicates that DOXHS is
>> an "event word," and that the relationship it has with
>> ELPIDI needs to be expressed. He suggests: we boast in
>> the hope that God will reveal his glory.
>
> DOXA appears in theophanies Isa 6:1 LXX, Ezek. 1:28 LXX. DOXA is
> found in contexts of apokalypsis. Apokalypsis is an event. Some of us
> would say that DOXA may be located in an event frame or more
> specifically an apokalypsis frame.
>
> The proposition "DOXHS is an event word" has problems since DOXA is
> also found in non-event frames for example:
>
> MATT. 6:29 LEGW DE hUMIN hOTI OUDE SOLOMWN EN PASHi THi DOXHi AUTOU
> PERIEBALETO hWS hEN TOUTWN.
>
> Here DOXA is a state. One might argue that the state implies
> apokalypsis but that seems like saying that sunlight is an event word
Carl W. Conrad
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