[B-Greek] Syntax of Rev 21:3e
Stephen Carlson
stemmatic at gmail.com
Wed Mar 16 22:30:30 EDT 2011
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Randall Tan
<randall.tan at asiabiblesociety.org> wrote:
> καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ θεὸς μετ᾽ αὐτῶν ἔσται [αὐτῶν θεός],
> KAI AUTOS hO QEOS MET' AUTWN ESTAI [AUTWN QEOS].
>
>However, after following the discussion in this thread, I think ὁ θεὸς μετ᾽ αὐτῶν,
>with the prepositional phrase adjectivally modifying "God" is the most likely option.
>The lack of an article before the preposition is not determinative. ... I have attached
>the list of passages & the search query (to replicate the search in Logos 4) for
>those who would like to investigate further.
Thanks for the list of passages. Some of them are not apposite (as
expect with a search query), but enough of them are in Revelation for
this option to be a good possibility. I'm inclined to support this
option because it allows the anarthrous QEOS to be a predicate
nominative, though I still see some merit in understanding the
bracketed material as a right-dislocated apposition.
> So, I agree with George's interpretation: "the same God who is with them shall be their God."
I'm not sure the placement of the AUTOS is right for "the same," but
otherwise George's interpretation now seems OK
>Since in rev22:3 it already tells us that God's tent will be among men & further
>that he will dwell among them--taking "the God who is with them" as old information
>referring back to this dwelling among them makes sense. The new information, the
>predicate nominative, informs us that this same God who dwells among them will
>be "their God."
This analysis is helpful. Thanks.
Nevertheless, Aubrey's point about the intonation contour for the
clause is interesting and it perks up my text critical ears about the
state of the critical text, but we're probably not going to get into
that during tomorrow's class.
Stephen Carlson
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Stephen C. Carlson
Graduate Program in Religion
Duke University
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