[B-Greek] Word order in 2 Cor 5:19
Kimmo Huovila
kimmo.huovila at helsinki.fi
Sat May 12 01:36:22 EDT 2007
On Thursday 10 May 2007, Elizabeth Kline wrote:
> > (KH) Thanks. How well would you consider "TI EPOIEI hO QEOS EN CRISTWi?"
> > fits the
> > word order?
>
> You are asking a question about pragmatics and word order?
Yes.
> I would
> venture the suggestion that hOTI QEOS HN EN CRISTWi KOSMON
> KATALLASSWN hEAUTWi answers the question *who* is doing what, not
> what was QEOS doing. At this time I am having a hard time formlating
> a nice theortical defense for this. Paul states first that TA DE
> PANTA EK TOU QEOU ... and I would take QEOS HN EN CRISTWi KOSMON
> KATALLASSWN hEAUTWi as an expansion on that idea.
>
> Perhaps later on the fog will clear I will post a better answer,
>
>
> Elizabeth Kline
Thanks. One important question is whether EN CRISTWi goes with HN or
KATALLASSWN. If with KATALLASSWN, EN CRISTWi appears topicalized within the
clause [EN CRISTWi...hEAUTWi].
Kimmo Huovila
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