[B-Greek] John 6:40 - PAS - "ALL" or "ALL THOSE WHO" ?

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Tue Aug 4 17:10:10 EDT 2009


On Aug 4, 2009, at 1:45 PM, Matthew Dent wrote:

>
> TOUTO GAR ESTIN
> TO QELHMA TOU PATROS MOU INA
> PAS O QEWRWN TON UION KAI
> PISTEUWN EIS AUTON EXH ZWHN AIWNION
>
>
> Specifically, I'm wondering whether "O QEWRWN ... KAI PISTEUWN EIS  
> AUTON" in the phrase "INA PAS O QEWRWN TON UION KAI PISTEUWN EIS  
> AUTON EXH ZWHN AIWNION" creates a bounded set which limits the scope  
> of the "PAS" or whether it describes the desired state of being of  
> the "PAS".

John 6:40 τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ  
πατρός μου, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ θεωρῶν τὸν  
υἱὸν καὶ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν ἔχῃ  
ζωὴν αἰώνιον, καὶ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸν  
ἐγὼ [ἐν] τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ.

I would go with the notion of "bounded set". However I have some  
misgivings about using math metaphors for doing analysis of  of  
natural language since it is easy to fall into a fatal error of  
assuming that language functions according to some known set of fixed  
laws that can be worked out in some strictly mechanical fashion.


Elizabeth Kline







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