[B-Greek] Mk 16:16 PISTEUSAS KAI BAPTISQEIS - hendniadys?
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Dec 16 06:40:53 EST 2006
On Dec 16, 2006, at 12:22 AM, Oun Kwon wrote:
> Mk 16:16
>
> hO PISTEUSAS KAI BAPTISQEIS SOWQHSETAI
> hO DE APISTHSAS KATATRIQHSETAI
>
> Is PISTEUSAS KAI BAPTISQEIS an example of hendiadys? (As I
> understand,
> 'believing' should be necessary but also sufficient condition
> without
> 'being baptized')
It seems to me that this is not -- certainly not as it has been asked
-- a grammatical, but rather a doctrinal question. Our task here is
to understand what the Greek text says, not to establish a doctrinal
foundation from the corpus of Biblical texts.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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