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Tue May 3 10:41:24 EDT 2011


helpful. They are postulated and you can say that it is not so. And then? 
Classical philology provides a different proceeding: after having done an 
elaborate description of syntactical features giving full data (not only 
selective material illustrating exactly the point you want to prove) 
cautious qualifications may be given always based on that data. Then (only=
 
then) a judgment may be acceptable, because everybody is enabled to 
compare that with the data given.
Sorry, but the discussion about *good* and *bad* Greek is seriously 
problematic, e.g. 2 Peter has got complex sentence structure, rich 
vocabulary, a selective usage of prepositions, conjunctions, and pronouns,=
 
even if there are redundant features and stylistically embarrassing 
passages (this refers more to content than to style). I do not claim that 
it is written in *perfect* Greek (whatever that is). Once Reincke coined 
the phrase that 2 Peter is a perfect example of Asianic style, which is 
troublesome as well (what is that exactly? Shouldn=B4t we first of all tak=
e 
a look into the works of so-called or potential Asianic writers - 
Hermogenes and the like - to find out more? Cicero brought up the 
denomination himself, but does not hold Asianism as *stylistically bad* 
distinguishing between two forms; are the double-expressions in 2 Peter 
really a feature of redundant style, of repeated hendiadyoin, or would it 
be of more help to think about the rhetorical effect of repetivite 
patterns?).
Well, there=B4s a lot to think about, to cause trouble with/from, and to 
complicate the state of affairs. If I have done that ... sorry. If anyone 
has any comments, disagreements, or whatever do not hesitate to tell.

Best wishes,

Thomas J. Kraus
Universitaet Regensburg
Kath.-theol. Fakultaet
Universitaetsstr. 31
D-93053 Regensburg
Federal Republic of Germany

Tel. + 49 941 943 36 90
Fax. + 49 941 943 19 86
thomas-juergen.kraus at theologie.uni-regensburg.de



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