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Tue May 3 10:41:24 EDT 2011
we have *several instances of zero anaphora making reference to our good
friends hOI ARCIEREIS KAI hOI GRAMMATEIS KAI hOI PRESBUTEROI. This use of
the lowest level of person dexis (i.e., zero anaphora) at the end of this
section ties the discourse together into a unit by indicating to the reader
that these are the same guys we have been talking about all along but have
not named explicitly since Mk 11:27. If Mark had chosen to use a full noun
phrase to point to these guys in Mk 12:12 the discourse cohesion/continuity
would have suffered since the reader would not have been alerted to the fact
that these participants were already/still present in the narrative.
--
Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
Three Tree Point
P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062
* the following list of the person dexis for hOI ARCIEREIS KAI hOI
GRAMMATEIS KAI hOI PRESBUTEROI in Mk 11:27-12:12 was put together with
great haste so I suspect a few errors might be found. The main point however
is illustrated by the list.
Mk 11:27 ELEGON - zero anaphora
Mk 11:29 AUTOIS - pronoun
Mk 11:29 APOKRIQHTE - zero anaphora
Mk 11:30 APOKRIQHTE - zero anaphora
Mk 11:31 DIELOGIZONTO zero anaphora
Mk 11:31 hEAUTOUS - pronoun
Mk 11:31 EIPWMEN - zero anaphora
Mk 11:31 EPISTEUSATE - zero anaphora
Mk 11:32 EIPWMEN - zero anaphora
Mk 11:32 EFOBOUNTO - zero anaphora
Mk 11:33 LEGOUSIN - zero anaphora
Mk 11:33 OIDAMEN - zero anaphora
Mk 11:33 AUTOIS - pronoun
Mk 11:33 hUMIN - pronoun
Mk 12:1 AUTOIS - pronoun
Mk 12:10 ANEGNWTE - zero anaphora
Mk 12:12 EZTOUN - zero anaphora
Mk 12:12 EFOBHQHSAN - zero anaphora
Mk 12:12 EGNWSAN - zero anaphora
Mk 12:12 APHLQON - zero anaphora
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