[B-Greek] Galatians 1:6-7

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Wed Jun 10 14:13:45 EDT 2009


On Jun 10, 2009, at 5:54 AM, Charles Johnson wrote:

> Thanks to Donald, George, and Elizabeth for the interaction. I think  
> I understand the flow of thought better. Particularly helpful was  
> Elizabeth's tidbit that EI MH follows a negative, a requirement that  
> QAUMAZW does not meet.


Small clarification. EI MH is also used in Paul where it does not  
follow a negative.

2Cor. 2:1 Ἔκρινα γὰρ ἐμαυτῷ τοῦτο τὸ μὴ  
πάλιν ἐν λύπῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐλθεῖν.  2  
εἰ γὰρ ἐγὼ λυπῶ ὑμᾶς, καὶ τίς ὁ  
εὐφραίνων με εἰ μὴ ὁ λυπούμενος ἐξ  
ἐμοῦ;  3 καὶ ἔγραψα τοῦτο αὐτό, ἵνα  
μὴ ἐλθὼν λύπην σχῶ ἀφ᾿ ὧν ἔδει με  
χαίρειν, πεποιθὼς ἐπὶ πάντας ὑμᾶς  
ὅτι ἡ ἐμὴ χαρὰ πάντων ὑμῶν ἐστιν.

2COR. 2:1 EKRINA GAR EMAUTWi TOUTO TO MH PALIN EN LUPHi PROS hUMAS  
ELQEIN.  2 EI GAR EGW LUPW hUMAS, KAI TIS hO EUFRAINWN ME EI MH hO  
LUPOUMENOS EX EMOU;  3 KAI EGRAYA TOUTO AUTO, hINA MH ELQWN LUPHN SCW  
AF᾿ hWN EDEI ME CAIREIN, PEPOIQWS EPI PANTAS hUMAS hOTI hH EMH CARA  
PANTWN hUMWN ESTIN.

Also, EI MH is occasionally used in Attic as a virtual equivelent of  
ALLA, see G.Cooper 1.65.5.11.B where he cites the following examples:


Aristophanes Thes.
897 Μὰ τὼ θεώ,
898 εἰ μὴ Κρίτυλλά γ’ Ἀντιθέου  
Γαργηττόθεν.
899 Σὺ δ’ εἶ πανοῦργος.

897 MA TW QEW,
898 EI MH KRITULLA G' ANTIQEOU GARGHTTOQEN.
899 SU D' EI PANOURGOS.

Xeno. Oec. 9:1
Καὶ τί δή; ἡ γυνὴ ἐδόκει σοι, ἔφην  
ἐγώ, ὦ Ἰσχόμαχε, 2 πώς τι ὑπακούειν  
ὧν σὺ ἐσπούδαζες διδάσκων; Τί δέ,  
εἰ μὴ 3 ὑπισχνεῖτό γε ἐπιμελήσεσθαι  
καὶ φανερὰ ἦν ἡδομένη ἰσχυρῶς, 4  
ὥσπερ ἐξ ἀμηχανίας εὐπορίαν τινὰ  
ηὑρηκυῖα, καὶ ἐδεῖτό μου

KAI TI DH; hH GUNH EDOKEI SOI, EFHN EGW, W ISCOMACE, 2 PWS TI  
hUPAKOUEIN hWN SU ESPOUDAZES DIDASKWN; TI DE, EI MH 3 hUPISCNEITO GE  
EPIMELHSESQAI KAI FANERA HN hHDOMENH ISCURWS, 4 hWSPER EX AMHCANIAS  
EUPORIAN TINA hHURHKUIA, KAI EDEITO MOU

I would be interested in hearing opinions of the citation from  
Aristophanes Thes. 898. I was not totally convinced it illustrated  
what Cooper was intending it to illustrate. Following up on citations  
in reference works sometimes leads to questions like this.

Elizabeth Kline







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