[B-Greek] hO QEOS in ROM. 1:28
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Thu May 15 14:47:18 EDT 2008
On May 15, 2008, at 11:17 AM, Steve Runge wrote:
> You are overlooking the global VIP status of hO QEOS. In narrative,
> " ... the default encoding of the global VIP as subject, when he was
> in a non-subject role in the precious clause, is no overt
> reference ... " Levinsohn 2000:143.
>
> **SER: We are not in narrative in Romans
Correct, but there is a similar pattern in Romans of reduced encoding
for hO QEOS where the notion of agency is not important to the
argument.
Rom. 4:1 Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν εὑρηκέναι
Ἀβραὰμ τὸν προπάτορα ἡμῶν κατὰ
σάρκα; 2 εἰ γὰρ Ἀβραὰμ ἐξ ἔργων
ἐδικαιώθη, ἔχει καύχημα, ἀλλ᾿ οὐ
πρὸς θεόν. 3 τί γὰρ ἡ γραφὴ λέγει;
ἐπίστευσεν δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τῷ θεῷ καὶ
ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην. 4 τῷ
δὲ ἐργαζομένῳ ὁ μισθὸς οὐ
λογίζεται κατὰ χάριν ἀλλὰ κατὰ
ὀφείλημα, 5 τῷ δὲ μὴ ἐργαζομένῳ
πιστεύοντι δὲ ἐπὶ τὸν δικαιοῦντα
τὸν ἀσεβῆ λογίζεται ἡ πίστις αὐτοῦ
εἰς δικαιοσύνην· 6 καθάπερ καὶ
Δαυὶδ λέγει τὸν μακαρισμὸν τοῦ
ἀνθρώπου ᾧ ὁ θεὸς λογίζεται
δικαιοσύνην χωρὶς ἔργων· 7 μακάριοι
ὧν ἀφέθησαν αἱ ἀνομίαι καὶ ὧν
ἐπεκαλύφθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι· 8
μακάριος ἀνὴρ οὗ οὐ μὴ λογίσηται
κύριος ἁμαρτίαν.
ROM. 4:1 TI OUN EROUMEN hEURHKENAI ABRAAM TON PROPATORA hHMWN KATA
SARKA 2 EI GAR ABRAAM EX ERGWN EDIKAIWQH, ECEI KAUCHMA, ALL OU PROS
QEON. 3 TI GAR hH GRAFH LEGEI EPISTEUSEN DE ABRAAM TWi QEWi KAI
ELOGISQH AUTWi EIS DIKAIOSUNHN. 4 TWi DE ERGAZOMENWi hO MISQOS OU
LOGIZETAI KATA CARIN ALLA KATA OFEILHMA, 5 TWi DE MH ERGAZOMENWi
PISTEUONTI DE EPI TON DIKAIOUNTA TON ASEBH LOGIZETAI hH PISTIS AUTOU
EIS DIKAIOSUNHN: 6 KAQAPER KAI DAUID LEGEI TON MAKARISMON TOU
ANQRWPOU hWi hO QEOS LOGIZETAI DIKAIOSUNHN CWRIS ERGWN: 7 MAKARIOI
hWN AFEQHSAN hAI ANOMIAI KAI hWN EPEKALUFQHSAN hAI hAMARTIAI: 8
MAKARIOS ANHR hOU OU MH LOGISHTAI KURIOS hAMARTIAN.
Rom 4:3 EPISTEUSEN DE ABRAAM TWi QEWi KAI ELOGISQH AUTWi EIS
DIKAIOSUNHN, here ELOGISQH is aorist passive, the passive demotes
agency even more so than using zero anaphora. In verse six we find hO
QEOS as the subject of LOGIZETAI. We don't need to wonder about who is
the agent in verse three and for that reason agency can be demoted,
since the agent of ELOGISQH isn't the point that is being made.
Thank you for your intelligent responses,
Elizabeth Kline
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