[B-Greek] Luke 4:7
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Thu Jun 14 13:26:49 EDT 2007
On Jun 14, 2007, at 1:05 AM, Iver Larsen wrote:
> I am happy to accept *you* as topicalized, if you prefer that
> theoretical framework.
> It seems to me that you claim that TO YOU and TO ME are in focus
> because they are fronted. I agree.
> But then you say that EVERYTHING is also in focus because it is not
> fronted.
Luke 4:5 Καὶ ἀναγαγὼν αὐτὸν ἔδειξεν
αὐτῷ πάσας τὰς βασιλείας τῆς
οἰκουμένης ἐν στιγμῇ χρόνου 6 καὶ
εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ διάβολος· σοὶ δώσω
τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην ἅπασαν καὶ
τὴν δόξαν αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἐμοὶ
παραδέδοται καὶ ᾧ ἐὰν θέλω δίδωμι
αὐτήν· 7 σὺ οὖν ἐὰν προσκυνήσῃς
ἐνώπιον ἐμοῦ, ἔσται σοῦ πᾶσα.
LUKE 4:5 KAI ANAGAGWN AUTON EDEIXEN AUTWi PASAS TAS BASILEIAS THS
OIKOUMENHS EN STIGMHi CRONOU 6 KAI EIPEN AUTWi hO DIABOLOS: SOI DWSW
THN EXOUSIAN TAUTHN hAPASAN KAI THN DOXAN AUTWN, hOTI EMOI
PARADEDOTAI KAI hWi EAN QELW DIDWMI AUTHN: 7 SU OUN EAN PROSKUNHSHiS
ENWPION EMOU, ESTAI SOU PASA.
Some further observations about the syntax of the diabolic discourse:
4:6a ... SOI DWSW THN EXOUSIAN TAUTHN hAPASAN
4:6b ... EMOI PARADEDOTAI
4:6c ... hWi EAN QELW DIDWMI AUTHN
4:7 ... SU OUN EAN PROSKUNHSHiS ENWPION EMOU, ESTAI SOU PASA.
Note the pattern in 4:6a SOI ... hAPASAN is parallel to 4:7 SU ...
PASA, both start out with the recipient and end with a form of PAS/
APAS which refers to what is given.
Note also that the recipient is fronted in each case SOI, EMOI, hWi,
SU and each marks a switch in reference from YOU to ME to WHOMEVER
and back to YOU. In 4:6 SOI, EMOI, hWi are in focus, in other words
they present the most salient information. In 4:7 I have some
reservations about saying that SU is in focus, because in the
conditional construction the focus naturally falls on the apodosis.
However, SU is clause initial and preverbal which is a marked
position. In other words, a constituent may be clause initial, it may
mark switched reference, it may be prominent by virtue of its
position, but the most salient information may fall somewhere else. I
would argue that the focus in 4:7 is the entire clause ESTAI SOU PASA.
On the location of PASA at the end of the clause, I don't know what
significance that might have other than the formation of a bracket
i.e. 4:6a SOI ... hAPASAN , 4:7 SU ... PASA.
Elizabeth Kline
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