[B-Greek] Rom 6:17b;Fronted Relative with Demonstrative Sense

Barry nebarry at verizon.net
Sun Apr 8 10:33:12 EDT 2007


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> I have phrased it to expose what I see as salient structures in  
> 17-18. The phrase in question is EIS hON PAREDOQHTE TUPON DIDACHS.    
> On the grounds that (1) the phrase has no clearly defined antecedent,  
> (2) that 6:16-18 can function just fine without the clunky sounding  
> 6:17b, and (3) on other more theological grounds, several  
> interpreters from Bultmann to Jewett have argued that EIS hON  
> PAREDOQHTE TUPON DIDACHS in 6:17 is an interpolation, perhaps by the  
> interpolator of Rom 16:17-20. Be that as it may, what is sauce for  
> the goose is sauce for the gander and others have argued on  
> theological grounds that the relative is masculine but not referring  
> to TUPOS, rather it is referring to Jesus. I think most scholars see  
> the reference to TUPON but would quibble with the interpolation  
> theories and attempt to see how the phrase contributes to Paul's  
> rhetoric in Rom 6.

The simplest explanation is that the it is a proleptic use of the relative.

N.E. Barry Hofstetter

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