[B-Greek] Form versus Meaning (Was Meaning of EIS in Galatians6:8

Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org
Wed Jun 30 01:56:13 EDT 2010


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From: "Mark Lightman" <lightmanmark at yahoo.com>
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Sent: 30. juni 2010 04:19
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Form versus Meaning (Was Meaning of EIS in Galatians6:8
...
 On the other hand, I think
what George and Barry and Iver have done is what I
like to call "the original sin of B-Greek." They have allowed form to get in the 
way of meaning. I am well
aware that EIS plus the accusative does not normally
indicate agency, and maybe it never does, but yes, here
meaning can stretch that far.
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Hi, Mark,

I am afraid you are confusing form and meaning. The point was the meaning of EIS 
in this context. Of course, there is an interplay bewteen the meaning of 
individual words and the meaning of the text as a whole, but you still have to 
start from the meaning of the words. You cannot stretch the meaning of a text 
beyond what the meaning of the words allow.

Iver Larsen 




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