[b-greek] Re: adj. or adv. in James 2:24

From: Moon-Ryul Jung (moon@saint.soongsil.ac.kr)
Date: Sun Feb 11 2001 - 21:39:47 EST

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Dear Mark,

[Mark]
> James 2:24
>
> hORATE TOINUN hOTI EX ERGWN DIKAIOUTAI ANQRWPOS
> KAI OUK EK PISTEWS MONON
>
> If an adv., should we not undertand an implied verb?
> The last phrase would then be:
>
> "and not only (justified) by faith."
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[Moon]
Adverbs do not only modify verbs but also adjectives and adverbs.
Here adverb MONON modifies adverb EK PISTEWS. We can render as follows:

 and not (justified) only by faith.

I think this rendering makes a better sense than yours.

Moon
Moon-Ryul Jung
Sogang Univ, Seoul, Korea

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