[B-Greek] The two hOTAN clauses in 1 Cor 15.24
moon at sogang.ac.kr
moon at sogang.ac.kr
Sat Oct 21 10:39:19 EDT 2006
On Oct 21, 2006, at 7:24 AM, moon at sogang.ac.kr wrote:
[Moon]
> Let me ask a question about the relationsip betwee the two hOTAN
> clauses in
> 1 Cor 15:24:
>
> (1) EITA TO TELOS,
> (2) hOTAN PARADIDWi THN BASILEIAN TWi QEWi KAI PATRI,
> (3) hOTAN KATARGHSHi PASAN ARCHN KAI PASAN EXOUSIAN KAI DUNAMIN.
>
> The question is:
>
> (a) are the two hOTAN clauses parallel, both connected directly
> to TO TELOS?
> (b) or, is the second hOTAN clause (3) connected to the clause
> of the first
> hOTAN clause (2)?
>
> If (a) is right, we may translate the verse as:
>
> Then the end (will come), when he delivers the kingdom to the
> God and Father,
> that is, when he has nullified all dominion, all authority and
> power.
>
> If (b) is right, we have the following structure:
>
> (1) EITA [ TO TELOS,
> (2) hOTAN [ PARADIDWi THN BASILEIAN TWi QEWi KAI PATRI,
> (3) hOTAN KATARGHSHi PASAN ARCHN KAI PASAN
> EXOUSIAN KAI DUNAMIN ] ]
>
> This option is taken by NIV, and its translation is as follows:
>
> Then the end will come,
> when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father
> after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.
>
[CARL]:
> I DON'T think that you can succeed at an
effort to subordinate the notions in the two hOTAN
clauses one to another -- BOTH would appear to be relative adverbial
clauses with TO TELOS as antecedent; I can see why some might suppose
that (3) in your structural outline really needs to occur logically
and chronologically before (2), I think it is pretty difficult here
to force a syntactical relationship between (2) and (3). I think
those two hOTAN clauses are parallel and that they relate temporally
to TO TELOS rather than one of them temporally to the other of them.
[Moon] =>
Carl, thanks for your comments. My interpretation was the same as your
interpretation mentioned above. But NIV and major commentaries I consulted
thought the otherwise. So, I thought it would be a good idea to discuss
it in b-greek list. I respect your intuition. But would you guess why NIV
takes this verse as it does?
Moon Jung
Sogang Univ, Seoul, Korea
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