[B-Greek] 2 Peter 1:20-21 and word order of

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Jan 13 07:51:26 EST 2009



This is pretty clearly a message for the list sent to the wrong  
address. (Moderator)

From: "Jim Vinton" <jim_vinton at sil.org>
Date: January 13, 2009 7:10:09 AM EST
To: "'Randall Buth'" <randallbuth at gmail.com>
Cc: <b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: RE: [B-Greek] 2 Peter 1:20-21 and word order of ANQRWPOI


I agree with the last two posts, that ANQRWPOI is not in an emphatic
position.

However, I'm now very curious:  what is 'Helma Dik's approach' and how  
would
I use it on other passages?

Take care,
Jim Vinton

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Subject: [B-Greek] 2 Peter 1:20-21 and word order of ANQRWPOI

> 2 Peter 1:20 TOUTO PRWTON GINWSKONTES
> hOTI PASA PROFHTEIA GRAFHS  IDIAS EPILUSEWS OU GINETAI
> 21  OU GAR QELHMATI ANQRWPOU HNECQH  PROFHTEIA POTE
> ALLA hUPO PNEUMATOS hAGIOU FEROMENOI ELALHSAN APO QEOU ANQRWPOI

A reading that is possibly in line with Helma Dik's approach, at least
in the same
ballpark, would be that there happen to be three focal elements in the
three KOMMATA
IDIAS EPILYSEWS
OY QELHMATI ANQRWPOY
and YPO PNEYMATOS AGIOY

ANQRWPOI is showing up in a default position, and APO QEOY may have
been 'dragged'
into the verb phrase to form a quasi unit as a paraphrase of
PROFHTEIA: 'speaking from God'

NB: the Byz text reads quite differently AGIOI QEOY ANQRWPOI "holy men
of God" and the
phrase would remain as a default clause order.

ERRWSQE
Randall



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