[B-Greek] syntax in 2 cor 10:12-13
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Sat Dec 12 13:33:31 EST 2009
Thank you Iver,
2Cor. 10:12 Οὐ γὰρ τολμῶμεν ἐγκρῖναι ἢ
συγκρῖναι ἑαυτούς τισιν τῶν
ἑαυτοὺς συνιστανόντων, ἀλλὰ αὐτοὶ
ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἑαυτοὺς μετροῦντες καὶ
συγκρίνοντες ἑαυτοὺς ἑαυτοῖς οὐ
συνιᾶσιν. 13 ἡμεῖς δὲ οὐκ εἰς τὰ
ἄμετρα καυχησόμεθα ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸ
μέτρον τοῦ κανόνος οὗ ἐμέρισεν
ἡμῖν ὁ θεὸς μέτρου, ἐφικέσθαι ἄχρι
καὶ ὑμῶν.
.
2COR. 10:12 OU GAR TOLMWMEN EGKRINAI H SUGKRINAI hEAUTOUS TISIN TWN
hEAUTOUS SUNISTANONTWN, ALLA AUTOI EN hEAUTOIS hEAUTOUS METROUNTES KAI
SUGKRINONTES hEAUTOUS hEAUTOIS OU SUNIASIN. 13 hHMEIS DE OUK EIS TA
AMETRA KAUCHSOMEQA ALLA KATA TO METRON TOU KANONOS hOU EMERISEN hHMIN
hO QEOS METROU, EFIKESQAI ACRI KAI hUMWN.
.
On Dec 10, 2009, at 9:51 PM, Iver Larsen wrote:
> I don't think it is unreasonable to treat hOU ...METROU as a unit
> within the relative clause. The relative hOU refers back to a
> complex noun phrase TO METRON TOU KANONOS, and in order to clarify
> that the reference is METRON rather than KANWN, the writer says hOU
> METROU EMERISEN hHMIN hO QEOS. That METROU is moved to the end only
> signifies that it is not in focus in this clause.
.
This may be the solution that wins by default, raising the least
difficulties. However, I don't think that tacking METROU at the end
served to clarify anything. It looks really awkward there and makes
the text more difficult to understand. It looks like an orphaned
constituent.
.
>
> BD has some comments about attraction of the relative, and in §294.5
> he mentions that when the antecedent is incorporated in the relative
> clause, it is attracted to the case of the relative. He mentions
> some examples:
> Luke 19:37 PERI PASWN hWN EIDON DUNAMEWN
> Mat 7:2 EN hWI GAR KRIMATI KRINETE KRIQHSESQE, KAI EN hWi METRWi
> METREITE
> Luk 24:1 HLQON FEROUSAI hA hHTOIMASEN ARWMATA
>
> Concerning 2 Cor 10:13, BD says: "hOU is probably attracted from hO
> (referring to METRON) to KANONOS and then METROU repeated, lest hOU
> be referred to KANONOS."
.
I have never found "attraction" worth bothering with. It seems to be
an explanation that arises out of desperation, we don't know why this
case is used so we invent something and call it attraction.
Elizabeth Kline
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