From: Paul S. Dixon (dixonps@juno.com)
Date: Fri Jan 02 1998 - 13:48:16 EST
On Fri, 2 Jan 1998 07:54:34 -0600 "Carl W. Conrad"
<cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu> writes:
>At 7:42 AM -0600 1/2/98, Jonathan Robie wrote:
>>At 07:18 AM 1/2/98 -0600, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
>>>At 6:25 AM -0600 1/2/98, Jonathan Robie wrote:
>>
>>>>KAI hO LOGOS HN QEOS = "and the Word was a God"
>>>>KAI QEOS HN hO LOGOS = "and the Word was God"
>>
>>>I'm from Missouri; you're going to have to show me! In sum, I don't
>believe
>>>there's a difference due to word order as such. I think that the
>difference
>>>in word order is rhetorical..
>>
>>I assume the rhetorical difference is basically a matter of emphasis,
>with
>>greater emphasis on the noun that occurs first, eh?
>
>Yes, and in Classical Attic, at least, I think that's the reason why
>the predicate word tends to be first.
Agreed. And in the Gospel of John the anarthrous predicate nominative is
precopulative in 53 of 72 occurrences (if my memory serves me).
Paul Dixon
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