From: Steven Craig Miller (stevencraigmiller@home.com)
Date: Mon Jan 29 2001 - 09:01:50 EST
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To: John Barach,
<< Breck deals with two examples (Phil. 5 and Matt. 7:6) on pp. 29-30, the
section dealing with parallelism (which he distinguishes from chiasmus
proper). He says of Matt. 7:6 that it "follows a pattern common in ancient
Greek and Roman rhetoric, referred to as *hysteron-proteron* or
'last-first.'" >>
One can find "Hysteron Proteron" mentioned in Smyth-Messing's grammar. But,
the examples they give in no way appear similar to the examples of Phil 5
and Mt 7:6. In addition, they list it as a figure of speech and not as
something which can override normal Greek syntax. Both Chiasmus and
Hysteron Proteron were familiar rhetorical figures of speech in ancient
Greek literature. But I can't find any hint in classical grammars that they
were ever used to override normal Greek syntax. Does any of the works which
you've cited offer any justification for assuming that they can be used to
override normal Greek syntax?
-Steven Craig Miller
Alton, Illinois (USA)
stevencraigmiller@home.com
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