Re: Matthew 5:12

From: Steven Craig Miller (scmiller@www.plantnet.com)
Date: Wed Dec 01 1999 - 19:08:03 EST


<x-flowed>Brian Swedburg wrote:

<< What about a hendiadys? Using the two words connected by the 'kai' to
refer to one thing, ie... "gladly rejoice!" >>

All the examples of hendiadys in BDF and Smyth are those of substantives
connected by KAI, are there (other) examples of hendiadys with Greek verbs?
I also noticed that of the six examples of hendiadys quoted in BDF
(442.16), the NRSV only accepted one of them as a hendiadys (at Acts 23:6).
And C. K. Barrett, in his commentary on Acts, comments on Acts 23:6 saying:
"The line of argument is not greatly altered if 'hope' and 'resurrection'
are distinguished."

Does an hendiadys merely mark a non-literal translation? Or is hendiadys a
real grammatical phenomenon of the Greek language? Or is it perhaps a
little of both?

-Steven Craig Miller
Alton, Illinois (USA)
scmiller@www.plantnet.com

"Words are like people. To know them well one must meet them on their own
level, in their own environment. In different circumstances they react
differently. Like a face they take on varying expressions. Some of them
move from place to place; some never return to their earlier familiar
surroundings. But to know their past is to know a little better what makes
them act as they do in the present" (Frederick W. Danker, "Multipurpose
Tools for Bible Study," 1993:135).

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