[B-Greek] 2cor 3:13 TO TELOS TOU KATARGOUMENOU

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Thu Aug 6 14:33:44 EDT 2009


2Cor. 3:7 Εἰ δὲ ἡ διακονία τοῦ θανάτου  
ἐν γράμμασιν ἐντετυπωμένη λίθοις  
ἐγενήθη ἐν δόξῃ, ὥστε μὴ δύνασθαι  
ἀτενίσαι τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ εἰς τὸ  
πρόσωπον Μωϋσέως διὰ τὴν δόξαν τοῦ  
προσώπου αὐτοῦ τὴν καταργουμένην,  8  
πῶς οὐχὶ μᾶλλον ἡ διακονία τοῦ  
πνεύματος ἔσται ἐν δόξῃ;  9 εἰ γὰρ  
τῇ διακονίᾳ τῆς κατακρίσεως δόξα,  
πολλῷ μᾶλλον περισσεύει ἡ διακονία  
τῆς δικαιοσύνης δόξῃ.  10 καὶ γὰρ οὐ  
δεδόξασται τὸ δεδοξασμένον ἐν  
τούτῳ τῷ μέρει εἵνεκεν τῆς  
ὑπερβαλλούσης δόξης.  11 εἰ γὰρ τὸ  
καταργούμενον διὰ δόξης, πολλῷ  
μᾶλλον τὸ μένον ἐν δόξῃ.  12 Ἔχοντες  
οὖν τοιαύτην ἐλπίδα πολλῇ παρρησίᾳ  
χρώμεθα  13 καὶ οὐ καθάπερ Μωϋσῆς  
ἐτίθει κάλυμμα ἐπὶ τὸ πρόσωπον  
αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἀτενίσαι τοὺς  
υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ εἰς τὸ τέλος τοῦ  
καταργουμένου.
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2COR. 3:7 EI DE hH DIAKONIA TOU QANATOU EN GRAMMASIN ENTETUPWMENH  
LIQOIS EGENHQH EN DOXHi, hWSTE MH DUNASQAI ATENISAI TOUS hUIOUS ISRAHL  
EIS TO PROSWPON MWUSEWS DIA THN DOXAN TOU PROSWPOU AUTOU THN  
KATARGOUMENHN, 8 PWS OUCI MALLON hH DIAKONIA TOU PNEUMATOS ESTAI EN  
DOXHi; 9 EI GAR THi DIAKONIAi THS KATAKRISEWS DOXA, POLLWi MALLON  
PERISSEUEI hH DIAKONIA THS DIKAIOSUNHS DOXHi. 10 KAI GAR OU DEDOXASTAI  
TO DEDOXASMENON EN TOUTWi TWi MEREI hEINEKEN THS hUPERBALLOUSHS DOXHS.  
11 EI GAR TO KATARGOUMENON DIA DOXHS, POLLWi MALLON TO MENON EN DOXHi.  
12 ECONTES OUN TOIAUTHN ELPIDA POLLHi PARRHSIAi CRWMEQA 13 KAI OU  
KAQAPER MWUSHS ETIQEI KALUMMA EPI TO PROSWPON AUTOU PROS TO MH  
ATENISAI TOUS hUIOUS ISRAHL EIS TO TELOS TOU KATARGOUMENOU.
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in 2cor 3:13 TO TELOS TOU KATARGOUMENOU has been understood in various  
ways (see M.Thrall ICC [1]). In verse 7 we see the same participle THN  
KATARGOUMENHN used to modify DOXAN which is also qualified by TOU  
PROSWPOU AUTOU. In verse 13 Paul does something "creative", he uses an  
attribute to make reference to the whole concept represented in verse  
7b THN DOXAN TOU PROSWPOU AUTOU THN KATARGOUMENHN. I might suggest  
[very tentative] that the position of THN KATARGOUMENHN in v7b at the  
end of the clause makes it a more likely candidate to be picked up in  
v13 as a representative of the whole. That suggestion may be unsound.  
It doesn't really matter much.
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Using an attributive participle to represent the object of attribution  
is a clever rhetorical device. Placing it several verses later  
improves textual cohesion. It helps to tie things together. I don't  
think identifying the referent of TOU KATARGOUMENOU in 2cor 3:13 TO  
TELOS TOU KATARGOUMENOU is all that difficult. It has the same  
referent as the full expression in verse 7.
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Comments are welcome.
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Elizabeth Kline
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[1] google search for M.Thrall p156: thrall "postulate so complicated  
a process"

(note, the periods at the left margin are to force a space between  
lines.)


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