From: Mike Adams (mikadams@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Mon Dec 11 1995 - 09:05:11 EST
>Carlton wrote:
>
>>Can the first KAI have the function of a mild adversative like DE? Is
not
>>there a contrast between the fact that they hoped to find life in the
>>Scriptures and Jesus' claim in John that life was to be found in
himself?
>>The function that he assigns to Scripture then is to witness to him in
whom
>>life was to be found.
>>
>>Is this a possible reading of this sentence?
>
Carl wrote:
>I think it is, but it will have to be granted that this is an
extraordinary
>usage of KAI, as if it were KAITOI. Frankly, although John's gospel is
>easier to read than Mark's, its diction is anomalous at many points. I
>wonder whether this KAI might be viewed as a Semitism, a KAI used like a
>Hebrew V'.
>
>Carl W. Conrad
I haven't anywhere near the same foundation as you or Carlton in language.
Generally, when reading Greek, I must relate it to concepts in English (or
other modern language) and not with classical languages. Sometimes, I
think, it can work to my advantage. In this case, for instance, bringing
the thought over to English, I see nothing extraordinary about it.
For instance, I tell my daughters: "I've explained this time and time
again, but you still don't get it!"
Or I say: "I've explained this time and time again, and you still don't
get it!?!"
The use of and (rather than but) as an adversative conjunction gives a
stronger emphasis, pointing out more vividly the irony of the situation.
My .02.
Ellen
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