[B-Greek] Mark's "grotesque" style? (was Re: re my wooden interlinear translations)

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Sat Nov 5 10:57:58 EST 2005


On Nov 5, 2005, at 10:42 AM, Harold R. Holmyard III wrote:

> Dear Carl,
>
>>  What I
>> had in mind in particular was phrasing such as Mk 2:21 OUDEIS
>> EPIBLHMA hRAKOUS AGNAFOU EPIRAPTEI EPI hIMATION PALAION: EI DE MH,
>> AIREI TO PLHRWMA AP' AUTOU TO KAINON TOU PALAIOU KAI CEIRON SCISMA
>> GINETAI -- in particular the word-order of AIREI TO PLHRWMA AP' AUTOU
>> TO KAINON TOU PALAIOU. I do think that's a bit
>> extraordinary.
>
> HH: I take TO KAINON TOU PALAIOU as a clarification in the form of an
> apposition with TO PLHRWMA AP' AUTOU.

Thank you: I do also, but I still think it's rather extraordinary.


Carl W. Conrad
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