From: A. Brent Hudson (g9117472@mcmaster.ca)
Date: Fri Apr 26 1996 - 15:36:03 EDT
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I am having difficulty with with MALLON H.  Normally, it means "more than;"
however, acc. to BAGD, it should be translated as "rather than" when
preceded by a negative.  The tricky part is that BAGD notes that the
negative can be "unexpressed, though easily supplied fr. the context"  Two
of his examples have confused this for me (Jn 3:19, 12have made me This
makes some it difficult, since most comparative statements could be
understood as exclusionary (rather than).  For instance:
HGAPHSEN DE RACHL MALLON H LEIAN (Gen 29:30) 
        he love Rachel more than Leah (perhaps "rather than")
Sir 4:10
AGAPHSEI SE MALLON H MHTHR SOU 
        he will love you more than your mother. 
1Esdras 4:25
KAI PLEION AGAPAi ANQRWPOS THN IDIAN GUNAIKA MALLON H TON PATERA KAI THN
MHTERA 
        A man is filled with more love for his wife than his father or his mother. 
The text that I am working on is Jn 3:19.  
        HGAPHSAN OI ANQRWPOI MALLON TO SKOTOS H TO FWS:
It seems to me that this is similar to the above examples (the only three
AGAPAW + MALLON H passages I could locate), yet BAGD groups this under the
category of "rather than."   My sense is that BAGD has allowed a specific
view of Johannine dualism to affect the interpretation of this passage.  Any
comments?
Thanks,
Brent
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 A. Brent Hudson 
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 McMaster University,			
 Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA		
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