[B-Greek] hO QEOS John 11:22 - pragmatic marking?
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Mon Jul 28 17:29:14 EDT 2008
John 11:22 [ALLA] KAI NUN OIDA hOTI hOSA AN AITHSHi TON QEON DWSEI SOI
hO QEOS.
Why do we see hO QEOS, here rather than a personal pronoun? Does John
have a problem with pronominal reference to QEOS? I didn't find a lot
of examples but check the following.
John 4:24 PNEUMA hO QEOS, KAI TOUS PROSKUNOUNTAS AUTON EN PNEUMATI KAI
ALHQEIAi DEI PROSKUNEIN.
AUTON coreferential hO QEOS
John 6:29 APEKRIQH h[O] IHSOUS KAI EIPEN AUTOIS: TOUTO ESTIN TO ERGON
TOU QEOU, hINA PISTEUHTE EIS hON APESTEILEN EKEINOS.
EKEINOS coreferential hO QEOS
John 8:54 APEKRIQH IHSOUS: EAN EGW DOXASW EMAUTON, hH DOXA MOU OUDEN
ESTIN: ESTIN hO PATHR MOU hO DOXAZWN ME, hON hUMEIS LEGETE hOTI QEOS
hHMWN ESTIN,
hON coreferential QEOS hHMWN
John 11:22 [ALLA] KAI NUN OIDA hOTI hOSA AN AITHSHi TON QEON DWSEI SOI
hO QEOS.
Why do we see hO QEOS, here rather than a personal pronoun? Perhaps hO
QEOS is in focus here, since clause final position is often used for
focal constituents. The use of the full noun phrase where it isn't
expected would also indicate some sort of pragmatic marking. I don't
have the answer to this.
Elizabeth Kline
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