At 07:51 AM 9/30/97 -0700, Robert J. Petry wrote:
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>Gen. 2:9 -- "The tree of knowledge of good and evil": i.e., of evil enjoyment.
Why should we take this as Hendiadys? The story reads very differently
depending on whether this is taken as Hendiadys, but I would think that this
verse would help clarify:
Gene 3:22 (KJS) And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of
us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take
also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Now perhaps Bullinger would take "to know good and evil" as another instance
of Hendiadys, but in what sense would he say that God knows evil enjoyment?
>Bullinger's further comment: "But we are not to suppose that whenever we
find two
>words joined together by the word 'and' we have the figure of Hendiadys. It
may be
>Epitheton.
It may well be, but that doesn't mean that I have any idea what Epitheton
means. Could somebody please enlighten me?
Jonathan
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