[B-Greek] Mk 15:8
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Wed Nov 26 13:55:21 EST 2008
On Nov 26, 2008, at 9:06 AM, Daniel, Robert S wrote:
> Mk 15:8 KAI ANABAS O OCLOS HRXATO AITEISQAI KAQWS EPOIEI AUTOIS.
>
> Is this good Greek or is this an example of clumsy usage by someone
> who is not a native speaker or master of the language?
MARK 15:6 KATA DE hEORTHN APELUEN AUTOIS hENA DESMION hON
PARHiTOUNTO. 7 HN DE hO LEGOMENOS BARABBAS META TWN STASIASTWN
DEDEMENOS hOITINES EN THi STASEI FONON PEPOIHKEISAN. 8 KAI ANABAS hO
OCLOS HRXATO AITEISQAI KAQWS EPOIEI AUTOIS. 9 hO DE PILATOS APEKRIQH
AUTOIS LEGWN: QELETE APOLUSW hUMIN TON BASILEA TWN IOUDAIWN 10
EGINWSKEN GAR hOTI DIA FQONON PARADEDWKEISAN AUTON hOI ARCIEREIS.
What do you consider "clumsy"? KAI followed by ANABAS a participle
followed by hO OCLOS the subject of both the participle and the main
verb followed by HRXATO + infinitive, all of this is standard syntax.
KAQWS EPOIEI AUTOIS is an abreviated form of what we find in DAN. 6:11
LXX/OG KAQWS EPOIEI EMPROSQEN.
DAN. 6:11 EPIGNOUS DE DANIHL TON hORISMON hON ESTHSE KAT AUTOU QURIDAS
HNOIXEN EN TWi hUPERWiWi AUTOU KATENANTI IEROUSALHM KAI EPIPTEN EPI
PROSWPON AUTOU TRIS THS hHMERAS KAQWS EPOIEI EMPROSQEN KAI EDEITO
Matthew treatment is more explicit (typical of Matthew).
MATT. 27:15 KATA DE hEORTHN EIWQEI hO hHGEMWN APOLUEIN hENA TWi OCLWi
DESMION hON HQELON.
Mark's KAQWS EPOIEI AUTOIS illustrates the inferential principle, omit
everything that can be assumed (cognitive linguistics). Is it elegant
greek? I'm not really qualified to answer that. I don't see any
problem with it.
Elizabeth Kline
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