From: Steven R. Lo Vullo (sundoulos1@netzero.net)
Date: Sun May 07 2000 - 03:22:16 EDT
Clayton,
There are a few other references in Paul's letters that employ what you call
the "economical" use of words in the case of ORGH. In Rom 5:9 Paul says
SWQHSOMEQA DI AUTOU APO THS ORGHS. In light of the fact that ORGHS is
governed by a preposition, and prepositions routinely govern anarthrous
nouns, there must be some reason Paul uses the article with ORGHS. I believe
it is because, just as in Rom 12:19, he is employing the article in a way
that Wallace calls a "Par Excellence" usage, that is, this wrath is in a
class by itself, since it is a wrath administered only by God. His readers
do not need to be told that the wrath of God is in view, for there is no
other wrath that can be in view. The same holds true in 1 Thess 2:16, where
Paul says EFQASEN DE EP AUTOUS hH ORGH EIS TELOS. Again, "the wrath" can be
none other than the wrath of God; no further expansion is necessary.
Steve Lo Vullo
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From: "clayton stirling bartholomew" <c.s.bartholomew@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Biblical Greek" <b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 1:28 AM
Subject: Cabelese & Rom. 12:19
>
> In the early 20's Ernest Hemingway sent his dispatches from Paris to the
> Hearst's news service in a language called cabelese. "Cabelese was an
> exercise in omitting everything that can be taken for granted."* This was
an
> artificial language that lacked information redundancy. The purpose was
to
> cut down of the cost of sending a cable which unlike e-mail was not free
> (about $3 per word in 1920's currency).
>
> From the standpoint of information transfer human language is highly
> redundant. The NT authors did not use cabelese in their writings. However,
a
> skilled author will often prune away information that can be taken for
> granted.
>
> I would take THi ORGHi in Rom. 12:19 as an example of this. Further
> specification of THi ORGHi is not required on account of the quotation
from
> Deut 32:35.
>
> Excessive information redundancy can be employed by an author for the
> purpose of rhetorical underlining. It is a means of slowing the reader
down
> and drawing added attention to a select portion of text.
>
> In Rom. 12:19 I think Paul was just being economical with his use of
words.
>
> --
> Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
> Three Tree Point
> P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062
>
> * quoted form Malcom Cowley's introduction to "The Sun Also Rises."
>
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