Re: Pls explain syntax of Luke 24:21
Posted: May 5th, 2019, 6:29 pm
Hi Dimi,
I guess where I would start on this is looking that ἀλλά γε καἱ and see if there is support for another interpretation in cases like this one (TLG http://stephanus.tlg.uci.edu - I get 28 hits on the free access corpus). I see your point about the 'weakness' of the rendering, if indeed the Greek is intended to convey abject disappointment at having apparently been so wrong about this person in whom one has put so much trust. One has to ask two things : is that in fact what the text is trying to convey ? and secondly, if so, how best to convey that in English ? Getting at the first will be aided by studying the other cases. "but indeed also" or the like sound rather too positive to communicate such a disappointment. But if the text is intended to convey a matter of fact retelling of recent events, to someone thought to be a disinterested third party, then probably not.
Thx
D
I guess where I would start on this is looking that ἀλλά γε καἱ and see if there is support for another interpretation in cases like this one (TLG http://stephanus.tlg.uci.edu - I get 28 hits on the free access corpus). I see your point about the 'weakness' of the rendering, if indeed the Greek is intended to convey abject disappointment at having apparently been so wrong about this person in whom one has put so much trust. One has to ask two things : is that in fact what the text is trying to convey ? and secondly, if so, how best to convey that in English ? Getting at the first will be aided by studying the other cases. "but indeed also" or the like sound rather too positive to communicate such a disappointment. But if the text is intended to convey a matter of fact retelling of recent events, to someone thought to be a disinterested third party, then probably not.
Thx
D