[B-Greek] Romans 7:19 Iterative Presents
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Wed Aug 23 16:46:46 EDT 2006
I have some lingering doubt about this analysis. AGAQON and KAKON
disrupt the pattern established in ROM. 7:15
OU GAR hO QELW TOUTO PRASSW,
ALL' hO MISW TOUTO POIW.
ROM. 7:19
OU GAR hO QELW POIW AGAQON,
ALLA hO OU QELW KAKON TOUTO PRASSW.
I have joined AGAQON with QELW and assuming parallelism KAKON also
with QELW. But there are other options. Joining KAKON TOUTO as a noun
phrase seems to disrupt the symmetry, however some translations seem
to go with that reading.
Elizabeth Kline
On Aug 23, 2006, at 12:16 PM, Jason Hare wrote:
> Very nice. I think I agree with you on the use of TOUTO in these
> verses. Also, it is interesting to see the back-and-forth of POIW and
> PRASSW. :)
>
> Jason
>
> On 8/23/06, Elizabeth Kline <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 23, 2006, at 10:49 AM, Jason Hare wrote:
>>
>>> ου γαρ ο θελω ποιω αγαθον, αλλα ο ου
>>> θελω κακον τουτο πρασσω.
>>> OU GAR hO QELW POIW AGAQON, ALLA hO OU QELW KAKON TOUTO PRASSW.
>>>
>>> I do not know if KAKON TOUTO should be taken as one noun phrase,
>>> or if
>>> TOUTO should be understood separately as an emphatic ...
>>
>> ROM. 7:19 repeats the thought in ROM. 7:15.
>>
>>
>> ROM. 7:15 hO GAR KATERGAZOMAI OU GINWSKW: OU GAR hO QELW TOUTO
>> PRASSW, ALL' hO MISW TOUTO POIW.
>> ROM. 7:19 OU GAR hO QELW POIW AGAQON, ALLA hO OU QELW KAKON TOUTO
>> PRASSW.
>>
>> Perhaps hO is cataphoric pointing to KAKON and TOUTO is the object of
>> PRASSW.
>>
>>
>> Elizabeth Kline
>>
>>
>>
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