From: F. Holly Mitchell (mitchell@dobson.ozarks.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 30 1997 - 11:43:32 EDT
Bob,
I appreciate the quotes from Bullinger's, but this one really stumps me:
> Gen. 2:9 -- "The tree of knowledge of good and evil": i.e., of evil enjoyment.
I always thought this refers to an ability to discern between two
opposites.
> It does not follow that in every case where two nouns are thus joined we have only
> one idea. In the first place, there must be something to attract our attention,
> something out of the ordinary usage, and sometimes not strictly according to the
> letter.
> There cannot be a Hendiadys where the two words are opposed in any way in their
> signification; nor even when there is no real connection between them. (He gives
BTW, thanks for turning me on to the word 'hendiadys'. Other examples I
found are 'deceit and words' for 'deceitful words' and 'to drink from gold
and cups' for 'golden cups'.
God Bless,
Ginger (assistant to Holly)
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