[B-Greek] Parallelism in Luke 1:35
Yonah Mishael
yonahmishael at gmail.com
Thu Aug 10 00:11:05 EDT 2006
On another forum (theologyweb.com), we had a poster arguing that Sharp's
fifth rule applies to Luke 1:35. Here is the text:
πνευμα αγιον επελευσεται επι σε και δυναμις υψιστου επισκιασει σοι
PNEUMA hAGION EPELEUSETAI EPI SE KAI DUNAMIS hUYISTOU EPISKIASEI SOI
"the Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will
overshadow you"
He was trying to say that the lack of articles on PNEUMA hAGION and DUNAMIS
hUYISTOU indicate that these two refer to different subjects (which is what
Sharp's fifth rule deals with).
I was telling him that Sharp's rules only apply to the conjunction of nouns
(Ns) and noun phrases (NPs), but that this verse has KAI joining two
separate sentences (Ss). I explained it to him in terms of tree structures:
{NP KAI NP} ::: meets Sharp's criteria
{S KAI S} ::: does not meet his criteria
Would the members of this list agree with my statement? I see nothing in
Sharp's words that allows for the conjunction of entire sentences in this
matter. Personally, I would say that this statement in Luke is a simple
parallel. What do you think?
תודה רבה
Yonah
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