[B-Greek] 1COR. 11:23 APO TOU KURIOU

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Sat Oct 18 16:14:05 EDT 2008


Hello Steve,
On Oct 18, 2008, at 7:30 AM, Steve Runge wrote:

> Elizabeth,
>
> Two things. First, I think you are correct in perceiving EGW doing  
> something, it is just a matter of what. I construe it as a  
> contrastive topic, i.e. Simon Dik's P1, or Buth's contextualizing  
> constituent. It sets the stage for the clause that follows. It is  
> less "to balance hUMIN" (contra Rob.-Plummer) as to switch from the  
> Corinthians and their behavior as the basic topic in the preceding  
> clauses. I recognize that Paul was the *grammatical* subject of the  
> final three clauses of v. 22, but these clauses are less about him  
> and more about the Corinthians. The contrastive topic makes the  
> shift in subject matter from 'what they do' to 'what he has  
> received' stand out more. However, it is not the most important  
> information of the clause, what he has received is.

Ok, I can see that.


>
> Second, Helma Dik overlooks some significant considerations in her  
> analysis from what I can tell, though I have not read it cover to  
> cover. Christo Van der Merwe claimed that unless the cognitive  
> processing of information is taken into account, satisfactory  
> explanations would remain elusive. He is


I am not bashing Helma Dik. Her recent book is interesting. But I not  
convinced that the framework she is using is well suited to Attic  
Tragedy. I think it works better with narrative which is why her book  
on Herodotus seemed to be on more solid ground.

thank you,

Elizabeth Kline







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