[B-Greek] 2COR. 10:10 hOTI hAI EPISTOLAI MEN, FHSIN ...

Donald Cobb docobb at orange.fr
Sat Nov 28 01:46:38 EST 2009


Hello Elizabeth,

I wasn't so much thinking of the analogy between hOTI and GAR as the 
fact that FHMI is nested inside the quotation in both passages. Having 
said that, the GAR in 1 Cor 6:16 introduces the citation from Genesis as 
an explanation of what precedes (v. 16a). In my reading of 2 Cor 10:10, 
the hOTI is not altogether different: it introduces a statement that 
builds on the preceding verse and explains it, that explanation becoming 
a citation "en cours de route".

What struck me though was the nested use of FHMI, which was your 
original question I believe.

Blessings,

Donald Cobb
Aix-en-Provence, France


Elizabeth Kline a écrit :
>
> 2Cor. 10:10 ὅτι αἱ ἐπιστολαὶ μέν, φησίν, βαρεῖαι καὶ ἰσχυραί, ἡ δὲ 
> παρουσία τοῦ σώματος ἀσθενὴς καὶ ὁ λόγος ἐξουθενημένος.
> .
> 2COR. 10:10 hOTI hAI EPISTOLAI MEN, FHSIN, BAREIAI KAI ISCURAI, hH DE 
> PAROUSIA TOU SWMATOS ASQENHS KAI hO LOGOS EXOUQENHMENOS.
>
> .
> On Nov 27, 2009, at 9:42 AM, Donald COBB wrote:
>
>> I wonder if the infrequent construction in the NT isn't because FHMI 
>> is mostly used there in narrative passages, where word order is less 
>> influenced by rhetorical flourishes (there are only 4 occurences of 
>> FHMI outside the gospels and Acts, three of which are in Paul).
>>
>> I notice that in 1 Cor 6:16, Paul has a somewhat similar construction 
>> to that of 2 Cor 10:10:
>>
>> [Ἢ] οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ὁ κολλώμενος τῇ πόρνῃ ἓν σῶμά ἐστιν; Ἔσονται γάρ, 
>> φησίν, οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν. [H] OUK OIDATE hOTI hO KOLLWMENOS THi 
>> PORNHi hEN SWMA ESTIN; ESONTAI GAR, FHSIN, hOI DUO EIS SARKA MIAN
>
> So you think GAR in  ESONTAI GAR, FHSIN, ... functions like hOTI in  
> hOTI hAI EPISTOLAI MEN, FHSIN ...
>
> perhaps.
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Elizabeth Kline
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