From: Michael Holmes (holmic@bethel.edu)
Date: Mon Dec 10 2001 - 16:59:31 EST
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<DIV>Rod,</DIV>
<DIV>1 Thess 2:14-15 offers an example: UBS4/NA27 have a comma after IOUDAIWN at 
the end of 2:14, the effect of which is to generalize the following phrase: "... 
the Jews, who killed ...". Without the comma the phrase is restrictive: "...the 
Jews who killed ..." (in contrast to those who did not).</DIV>
<DIV>For a persuasive (to me, at least) case against the comma, see Frank 
Gilliard, "The Problem of the Antisemitic Comma Between 1 Thessalonians 2.14 and 
15," New Testament Studies 25 (1989) 481-502; cf. C. F. D. Moule, An Idiom-Book 
of NT Greek, 106-7.</DIV>
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<DIV>Mike Holmes</DIV>
<DIV>Bethel College</DIV>
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  style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> 
  <A href="mailto:rdecker@bbc.edu" title=rdecker@bbc.edu>Decker, Rodney</A> 
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  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A 
  href="mailto:b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu" 
  title=b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu>Biblical Greek</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 10, 2001 3:26 
  PM</DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [b-greek] Punctuation 
query</DIV>
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  <P><FONT size=2> Could anyone offer an example (or a few such) in which 
  the *punctuation* of a NT text (i.e., a punctuation variant) changes the 
  meaning? I'm looking for clear examples in which the text could be read 
  (legitimately, not humorously!) in at least two different ways depending on 
  the way the text is punctuated--and which readings clearly result in a 
  different meaning (not just a different emphasis or two different way to say 
  essentially the same thing).</FONT></P>
  <P><FONT size=2>The primary impetus for this query is an English teacher's 
  query for such an example as she teaches punctuation. I've run across such 
  examples before (often involving questions, as I recall--though I'd prefer 
  exs. which hinge on a colon vs coma vs period), but I can't pull up any off 
  the top of my head at the moment--and I don't have the time to do a lot of 
  work tracking it down. Who better to ask, I thought, than the b-greek 
  community where such knowledge is readily available?!</FONT></P>
  <P><FONT size=2>============================================</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>Rodney J. Decker, Th.D.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Associate 
  Prof./NT</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Baptist Bible Seminary</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2><A 
  href="http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/" 
  target=_blank>http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/></FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>============================================</FONT> </P>---<BR>B-Greek 
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