[B-Greek] Ephesians 2:1

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Fri Jul 31 00:07:43 EDT 2009


On Jul 30, 2009, at 8:44 PM, Yancy W Smith wrote:

> Sounds like a M.A. Thesis topic. The funtion of sentence fragmets in  
> Paul. One important reason for fragmentary thoughts and argumets--if  
> you can get someone to complete your thoughts for you, you are a  
> good way on the road to persuading them, as Aristotle taght in On  
> rhetoric.

an interesting though ... perhaps it is deliberate.

> But Paul's are just as often the result of loose talk and scattered  
> thought.

I have been working for a while now on 2nd Cor. and it seems like Paul  
is the Ambiguity King of the NT authors. Even when his syntax is clean  
and simple it is often nearly impossible to pin down what he means.


Elizabeth Kline







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