Re: poetic Paul?

From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Sun Mar 12 2000 - 07:37:38 EST


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<div>At 6:03 AM -0600 3/12/00, Eric S. Weiss wrote:</div>
<div>&gt;Romans 2:9-10<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;QLIYIS KAI STENOCWRIA EPI PASAN YUCHN ANQRWPOU TOU KATERGAZOMENOU
TO KAKON,<br>
&gt;IOUDAIOU TE PRWTON KAI hELLHNOS* DOXA DE KAI TIMH KAI EIRHNH
PANTI TWi<br>
&gt;ERGAZOMENWi TO AGAQON, IOUDAIWi TE PRWTON KAI hELLHNI<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;Does Paul possibly use KATERGAZOMENOU with KAKON and ERGAZOMENWi
with<br>
&gt;AGAQON - rather than KAT. or ERG. in both clauses - for
&quot;poetic&quot; effect?<br>
&gt;I.e., KAT. with KAKON because they both begin with &quot;K&quot;,
and ERG. with</div>
<div>&gt;AGAQON because they both begin with vowels?<br>
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<div>My immediate reaction on reading this was caution and suspicion
that there is an intended difference in meaning between KATERGAZOMAI
and ERGAZOMAI in this sequence. But after reading L&amp;N, and in
particular this item, I am more inclined to think they are
synonymous:</div>
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<div><font color="#007700">90.47 ERGAZOMAI;KATERGAZOMAI: markers of
an agent relation with numerable events, with the probable
implication of comprehensiveness - 'to do, to make, to
perform.' hO FOBOUMENOS AUTON KAI ERGAZOMENOS DIKAIOSUNHN 'who
reveres him and does what is right' Ac 10:35. ARSENES EN ARSESIN
THN ASCHMOSUNHN KATERGAZOMENOI</font></div>
<div><font color="#007700">&nbsp;'men with men doing shameless
deeds' Ro 1:27; EPI PASAN YUCHN ANQRWPOU TOU KATERGAZOMENOU TO
KAKON 'on everyone who does evil' Ro 2:9.</font></div>
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<div>&gt;If so, are there other such examples that come to mind?</div>
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<div>I guess this is an instance of assonance, and it would not
surprise me that when Paul is eloquent, as he often enough is, he
will do this sort of thing. I suspect list-members will be offering
some more examples of this sort of thing.</div>
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