[B-Greek] KAN in John 11:25b
Beata Urbanek
baurbanek at op.pl
Thu Mar 10 17:45:17 EST 2005
> At 10:45 PM +0100 3/10/05, Beata Urbanek wrote:
> >Hello
> >
> >hO PISTEUWN EIS EME KAN APOQANH ZHSETAI
> >
> >Forgive me if it ist not exactly B-Greek question, but I really got
stuck.
> >I can't understand why Barret insists that KAN means 'even if' and not
> >'though'. What's the diffrerence? Aren't they both concessive?
> >BDF says that KAN can be purely conditional (and if) or concessive (if
> >only, even if).
> >What does it mean here?
> >1. if he dies
> >2. even if he dies
> >3. even though he dies
> >And does APOQANH refer to the future or present/general?
>
> (1) KAN is a contraction for KAI EAN, and in the construction it really
has
> to mean "even if," in my opinion.
> (2) This is clearly a future condition: the apodosis is in the future
> indicative (ZHSETAI); the protasis is in the aorist subjective and refers
> to the indefinite future: "Even if he/she ever should die, he/she will
> live."
> --
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
> 1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
> cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
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Thanks a lot, Dr Conrad. Would you (or somebody else from the list) be so
kind and explain to me the difference between 'even if' and 'even though'?
Is the first one 'more conditional' and the seconr 'more concessive'? If we
translate 'even if' does that mean that not everyone has to die and when we
say 'though' it is taken for granted that everyone dies?
[I did check my understanding of the English words].
Beata Urbanek
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