[B-Greek] Fwd: Re. Paulines vs. Hebrews

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Sat Sep 2 12:07:45 EDT 2006


On Sep 2, 2006, at 8:43 AM, cwestf5155 at aol.com wrote:

>  The repeated use of "periodic sentences" which involve long  
> complexes similar to Luke 1:1-4 are thought to be part of the high  
> literary style--the hypotaxis that Carl mentions. It's interesting  
> that Carl finds this awkward, which may indicate an artificial (?)  
> attic influence.

In addition, the author of Hebrews, though he uses deeply embedded  
hypotactic structures, his long sentences tend to be well formed. He  
does not have Paul's annoying habit of breaking off a half finished  
sentence to start a new thought.

Hebrews isn't really a difficult read, not when compared Sophocles or  
Aeschylus.



Elizabeth Kline







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