[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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