[B-Greek] Participles in 1 John
Mike Sangrey
MSangrey at BlueFeltHat.org
Wed Apr 19 11:52:21 EDT 2006
On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 10:17 -0400, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
> On Apr 19, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Perry L. Stepp wrote:
>
> > Perhaps I've missed something in my haste, but I've just done a
> > quick survey of all the participles in 1 John.
> >
> > Are ALL the participles in 1 John adjectival? I didn't find a
> > circumstantial / adverbial participle in the bunch.
>
> This question certainly made me wonder whether it could be true. But
> in fact the overwhelming majority of participles in 1 John are
> substantival (e.g. hO PISTEUWN, TON AGAPWNTA, and the like). of the
> 58 instances, I found only four about which one might ask further
> questions; all of these are in the accusative and indicate a
> predication about the direct object of the verb...
I don't want to yank the thread in a different direction, but this
brought up something I think might be related.
Would such a consistent use bear an indication that the author was
writing to an audience who read (or heard) Greek at a fairly low level?
If I would word this question for a modern audience, I would have asked,
"Does this indicate a low reading grade level?"
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