[B-Greek] KAI ... ALLA

Steve Runge srunge at logos.com
Thu Jan 29 18:31:45 EST 2009


Jeffrey,

I would say that the collocation KAI X, ALLA Y is not unusual. ALLA
correlates the X element that precedes it with the Y element that
follows. I do not think that the introduction of the "X ALLA Y" pair by
KAI significantly impacts the contrast. Constrast is a quality that is
either inherently there in the context or not. Use of a connective like
ALLA only increases the contrast that was already present. 

The meaningful factor that I have found with ALLA concerns whether the X
element preceding ALLA is negated or not. Where it is negated, the Y
element typically replaces some aspect of X. Where the X is a positive
statement, the Y element more often corrects some aspect of the X
element. Rick Brannan wrote a great paper on ALLA for ETS in November,
and it is posted at http://preview.tinyurl.com/d6vvb8. He has a rather
thorough lit review, and looks at every non-negative instance of ALLA in
the GNT.

Steve

Steven Runge, DLitt (Biblical Languages)
Scholar-in-Residence
Logos Research Systems
srunge at logos.com
www.logos.com/academic/bio/runge


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[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey B.
Gibson
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:58 PM
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Subject: [B-Greek] KAI ... ALLA

Is the construction in which the last two petitions of Matthean version
of the Lord's Prayer -- i.e.,  KAI ... ALLA, a common one in Biblical
Greek?

More importantly, what is the semantic range of ALLA when it is
preceded, as it is in Mt. 6:13 by KAI.  Must it be contrastive?

Yours,

Jeffrey

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