[B-Greek] Another example of a qualitative QEOS

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Jul 10 14:55:19 EDT 2006


For some unknown reason this response of Rolf Furuli to a question posed
by Barry Hofstetter didn't get passed on through the list's software.  
I am
therefore forwarding it to the list with cc's to Rolf and Barry. cwc

From: "Rolf Furuli" <furuli at online.no>
Date: July 10, 2006 1:25:01 PM EDT
To: <b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Another example of a qualitative QEOS


Dear Barry,

My answer is Yes.

Best regards,

Rolf Furuli
University of Oslo


----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry" <nebarry at verizon.net>
To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Another example of a qualitative QEOS



>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
>>
> [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org]
>
>> On Behalf Of Rolf Furuli
>> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 10:38 AM
>> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
>> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Another example of a qualitative QEOS
>> Even if your observation is correct, that has little bearing on John
>> 1:1. The force of the article or the lack of one can only be seen  
>> in a
>> small, closed context, such as 1:1a, b, and c. This is so, because  
>> it is
>> the syntactic construction of the close context that can teach us the
>>
> force.
>
>> In John 1:1b we find hO QEOS with article, and in 1:1c we find QEOS
>> without article. It is this relationship that can tell us  
>> something, not
>> how John and others use the article in other instances. "The
>> Translators's New Testament," published by The British and Foreign  
>> Bible
>> Society in 1973 says: "In the second instance there is no article  
>> and it
>> is difficult to believe that the omission is not significant."
>>
> Will you admit that this significance could be explained in more  
> than one
> way?
> N.E. Barry Hofstetter




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