Titus 3.4

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Jun 24 11:45:28 EDT 2000


At 2:41 PM +0200 6/24/00, Kevin Smith wrote:
>Hello again,
>
>I find the following construction somewhat strange:
>
>hH CRHSTOTHS KAI hH FILANQRWPIA EPEFANH . . . .
>
>The repeated article suggests that the nouns are to be distinguished, but
>the singular verb implies they are treated as a unit? So which is it and
>why? Any significance?

Looks like this is a candidate of the first water for our old friend,
hendiadys (hEN DIA DUOIN): the use of two terms t(w)o express a single
conception: one could convey it as "the goodness, that is, love for
humanity, of God our savior" ...

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Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University
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