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- October 11th, 2019, 4:50 pm
- Forum: Pragmatics and Discourse
- Topic: use of ἀλλά in James 2:8
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Re: use of ἀλλά in James 2:8
Thanks, but that doesn't actually answer the question I asked. I'm aware that James 2:18 is one of the more difficult passages in the GNT. I'm also well aware of the presence of the interlocutor. I'm asking a discursive question about what ἀλλά might be negating here, in other words what the interlo...
- October 9th, 2019, 12:24 pm
- Forum: Pragmatics and Discourse
- Topic: use of ἀλλά in James 2:8
- Replies: 4
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use of ἀλλά in James 2:8
Trying to work through the Runge grammar on discourse in light of the Letter of James, and I'm confused about something. In Runge, Discourse Grammar (93), he writes "...ἀλλά adds the unique constraint of correcting some aspect of what precedes " (emphasis added) Should we then read Ἀλλ᾿ ἐρ...
- September 10th, 2019, 6:51 pm
- Forum: Syntax and Grammar
- Topic: The discursive use of και
- Replies: 7
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Re: The discursive use of και
Exactly, Barry. However, ἡ συνεκλεκτὴ is often read as a compound noun, the church in Babylon, rather than a single common noun equivalent to Μαρκος. And Daniel, my query is not with the singular verb, but with the two joined nominatives. I concur that they are of equivalent discursive weight, but i...
- September 9th, 2019, 12:52 pm
- Forum: Syntax and Grammar
- Topic: The discursive use of και
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13146
The discursive use of και
I've been doing some reading on my own through Runge and Levinsohn's discourse textbooks, and I'm wondering something. If και used connectively typically joins two items of equivalent value, what are we to make of 1 Pet 5:13 ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς ἡ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι συνεκλεκτὴ ΚΑΙ Μᾶρκος ὁ υἱός μου. Can we reall...