[B-Greek] Causal hINA in Romans 5:20 and 6:1 - Caragounis
Eric Weiss
papaweiss1 at yahoo.com
Sat May 5 17:53:38 EDT 2007
Elizabeth Kline wrote:
> It has been several years since I looked at Caragounis.
> I agree with Iver that reading hINA "because" in Rom.
> 5:20 is untenable.
Iver Larson wrote:
> On the other hand, I can see no justification to ascribe
> a causal sense to hINA. I am not aware of any contexts
> where hINA could mean "because".
But that is precisely what Caragounis seems to be asserting,
and he gives examples and justification for his assertion.
He starts with John 8:56 ("Abraham your father rejoiced
because he saw (hINA IDHi) my day, and he saw [it] and was
glad."), and mentions John 20:20, saying that IDONTES TON
KURION might easily have been hINA IDWSIN TON KURION. He
says Mark 4:12 EN PARABOLAIS TA PANTA GINETAI, hINA
BLEPONTES BLEPWSIN KAI MH IDWSIN should be "everything
is/comes in parables because..." and that this
interpretation is confirmed by Matthew 13:13 which reads
DIA TOUTO EN PARABOLAIS AUTOIS LALW, hOTI BLEPONTES OU
BLEPOUSIN. "The difference between the final and causal
interpretation of hINA here is considerable. In the first
case, the purpose of the parables is to veil truth, while
in the second case parables are used because the audience
has chosen to turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to Jesus'
message. In general commentators have been unaware of the
causal use of hINA, and this has led to considerable
embarrassment with this text."
He then goes on to discuss Romans 5:20 and 6:1 as I pointed
out.
What Caragounis writes is too lengthy to copy and post, and
he of course has lengthy footnotes for all of this.
So I hope someone here gets a copy of the book and reads
these several pages and comments on Caragounis'
scholarship and argument.
Eric S. Weiss
XPICTOC ANECTH
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