From: Brian Malley (bmalley@umich.edu)
Date: Thu Mar 22 2001 - 19:23:32 EST
I have a question on Matthew 11.11:
AMHN LEGW hUMIN, OUK EGHGERTAI EN GENNHTOIS GUINAIKWN MEIZWN IWANNOU
BAPTISTOU; hO DE MIKROTEROS EN THi BASILEIAi TWN OURANOWN MEIZWN AUTOU
ESTIN.
My question has to do with the role of DE. Most translations seem to render
it in a contrastive sense--"yet". But hO DE is a standard connective
denoting a shift of subject without necessarily any contrastive or
adversative force. Is there some rule about the use of DE I am overlooking?
Best,
Brian Malley
Department of Anthropology
The University of Michigan
1020 LSA Building
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1382
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