At 2:00 PM -0400 7/4/97, Clayton Bartholomew wrote:
>A correction to my last diatribe.
>
>
>TON ANDRA SOU John 4:16
>OUK ESTIN SOU ANHR John 4:18
>
>I said:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>Leon Morris in his book *Studies in the Fourth Gospel* has
>a chapter on variation as a feature of John's style. He
>includes variation in word order as one of the things John
>regularly does to break up what might otherwise be boring
>repetition. The word order variation I pointed out
>previously: SOU TO ONOMA in 17: 6 but TO ONOMA SOU
>in17:26, might be explained in this way.
>{snip}
>On the other hand the construction under consideration in
>John 4:18 is not repeated in the immediate context. . .
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>I was wrong. It is repeated in the same context. So Leon
>Morris' insight seems to apply to John 4:16,18. The
>standard word order having appeared in 4:16, John altered
>it in 4:18 to avoid monotony. The article is still a curious
>problem.
>
>
>Clay Bartholomew
>Three Tree Point
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics/Washington University
One Brookings Drive/St. Louis, MO, USA 63130/(314) 935-4018
Summer: 1647 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(704) 675-4243
cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu OR cconrad@yancey.main.nc.us
WWW: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~cwconrad/