[B-Greek] Galatians 1:6-7

Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org
Wed Jun 10 14:55:20 EDT 2009


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Runge" <srunge at logos.com>
To: "Elizabeth Kline" <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net>; "B Greek" 
<b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc: "Charles Johnson" <cpj5117 at gmail.com>
Sent: 10. juni 2009 21:27
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Galatians 1:6-7


> Here is an excerpt from my blog post that accounts for both your cited 
> exception from 2 Cor, and that from Cooper.
>
> "What about εἰ μή? Can it be used in non-negative contexts? The answer in most 
> every case is “no”. But there is one exception (pun intended): rhetorical 
> questions. This apparent exception confused me even more than the original 
> problem, since it seemed to break with the expected pattern of negation. Then 
> I realized that even though the rhetorical questions are technically positive, 
> they expected a negative answer where εἰ μή was used . In other words,  the 
> expected answer to the question is nothing or no one.
> -BREAK-

Does the question have to expect a negative answer? Does this apply to the 
following examples?

Rom 11:15: εἰ γὰρ ἡ ἀποβολὴ αὐτῶν καταλλαγὴ κόσμου, τίς ἡ πρόσλημψις εἰ μὴ ζωὴ 
ἐκ νεκρῶν;
EI GAR hH APOBOLH AUTWN KATALLAGH KOSMOU, TIS hH PROSLHMYIS EI MH ZWH EK NEKRWN

Eph 4:9 τὸ δὲ Ἀνέβη τί ἐστιν, εἰ μὴ ὅτι καὶ κατέβη εἰς τὰ κατώτερα [μέρη] τῆς 
γῆς;
TO DE ANEBH TI ESTIN, EI MH hOTI KAI KATEBH EIS TO KATWTERA MERH THS GHS

1Jn 2:22 Τίς ἐστιν ὁ ψεύστης εἰ μὴ ὁ ἀρνούμενος ὅτι ᾽Ιησοῦς οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ Χριστός;
TIS ESTIN hO YEUSTHS EI MH hO ARNOUMENOS hOTI IHSOUS OUK ESTIN hO CRISTOS

Iver Larsen 




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