[B-Greek] hO ESTIN? (1 Jn 2:8)

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Feb 9 17:22:47 EST 2007


On Feb 9, 2007, at 3:53 PM, Webb wrote:

> PALIN ENTOLHN KAINHN GRAFW hUMIN, hO ESTIN ALHQES EN AUTW KAI EN hUMIN
>
> I don't understand why John switches to the neuter relative when  
> resuming
> ENTOLH in 1 Jn 2:8. Would someone care to enlighten me? All the  
> translations
> I've noted seem to treat it as though he had written hH. What gives?

There is a very long note on this in Culy's _I, II, III John: A  
Handbook on the Greek Text_. I won't even attempt to reproduce it;  
you need to see the whole thing. But in essence: he argues that "the  
most likely antecedent is the whole preceding statement, ENTOLHN  
KAINHN GRAFW hUMIN ... " and cites Brooke, Strecker, and Moule.


Carl W. Conrad
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