From: Michael Holmes (holmic@bethel.edu)
Date: Mon Dec 10 2001 - 16:59:31 EST
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<DIV>Rod,</DIV>
<DIV>1 Thess 2:14-15 offers an example: UBS4/NA27 have a comma after IOUDAIWN at
the end of 2:14, the effect of which is to generalize the following phrase: "...
the Jews, who killed ...". Without the comma the phrase is restrictive: "...the
Jews who killed ..." (in contrast to those who did not).</DIV>
<DIV>For a persuasive (to me, at least) case against the comma, see Frank
Gilliard, "The Problem of the Antisemitic Comma Between 1 Thessalonians 2.14 and
15," New Testament Studies 25 (1989) 481-502; cf. C. F. D. Moule, An Idiom-Book
of NT Greek, 106-7.</DIV>
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<DIV>Mike Holmes</DIV>
<DIV>Bethel College</DIV>
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<A href="mailto:rdecker@bbc.edu" title=rdecker@bbc.edu>Decker, Rodney</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu"
title=b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu>Biblical Greek</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 10, 2001 3:26
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [b-greek] Punctuation
query</DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2> Could anyone offer an example (or a few such) in which
the *punctuation* of a NT text (i.e., a punctuation variant) changes the
meaning? I'm looking for clear examples in which the text could be read
(legitimately, not humorously!) in at least two different ways depending on
the way the text is punctuated--and which readings clearly result in a
different meaning (not just a different emphasis or two different way to say
essentially the same thing).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>The primary impetus for this query is an English teacher's
query for such an example as she teaches punctuation. I've run across such
examples before (often involving questions, as I recall--though I'd prefer
exs. which hinge on a colon vs coma vs period), but I can't pull up any off
the top of my head at the moment--and I don't have the time to do a lot of
work tracking it down. Who better to ask, I thought, than the b-greek
community where such knowledge is readily available?!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>============================================</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Rodney J. Decker, Th.D.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Associate
Prof./NT</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Baptist Bible Seminary</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2><A
href="http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/"
target=_blank>http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/></FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>============================================</FONT> </P>---<BR>B-Greek
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