[B-Greek] JOHN 12:3 TOUS PODAS AUTOU
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Fri Mar 20 14:26:57 EDT 2009
JOHN 12:3 hH OUN MARIAM LABOUSA LITRAN MUROU NARDOU PISTIKHS POLUTIMOU
HLEIYEN TOUS PODAS TOU IHSOU KAI EXEMAXEN TAIS QRIXIN AUTHS TOUS PODAS
AUTOU: hH DE OIKIA EPLHRWQH EK THS OSMHS TOU MUROU.
... KAI EXEMAXEN TAIS QRIXIN AUTHS TOUS PODAS AUTOU:
This is somewhat over encoded from the standpoint of referential
identity both of the subject and the object. The use of AUTHS
following MARIAM is unremarkable even though zero anaphora would also
work here. The second TOUS PODAS isn't required to identify the
referent. In other words the clause might be reduced to one of the
following:
... KAI EXEMAXEN TAIS QRIXIN AUTOUS
... KAI EXEMAXEN AUTOUS TAIS QRIXIN
or perhaps even
... KAI EXEMAXEN TAIS QRIXIN
The repetition of TOUS PODAS might serve to draw added attention to
the startling nature of the act being performed, assuming that it was
startling in that time and culture.
Elizabeth Kline
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