tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post6948982076049093778..comments2024-03-28T22:55:23.525-07:00Comments on Foster's Theological Reflections: 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 (An Emphasis on Divine Comfort)Edgar Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-32634436554054614622018-05-22T19:49:45.490-07:002018-05-22T19:49:45.490-07:00Another word for repeating a term is anaphora (ref...Another word for repeating a term is anaphora (referring back to an idea or word). The longest occurrence of anaphora is Hebrews 11 ("by faith").Edgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-37517053894121397592018-05-22T19:46:34.243-07:002018-05-22T19:46:34.243-07:00Tom,
You're right. Paul has a habit of writin...Tom,<br /><br />You're right. Paul has a habit of writing this way, but I like it. It's highly rhetorical. I'm discovering that the Gospel of John is written that way also. Compare Eph. 1:3-14.<br /><br />Two words for the long drawn out sentences that Paul writes might be "sententiae" and "periodos." I guess another word could be used to describe them.<br /><br />Edgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-46485999122877398202018-05-22T19:22:52.659-07:002018-05-22T19:22:52.659-07:00Let's face it - that is a very long passage ab...Let's face it - that is a very long passage about comfort and it is a chore to follow. The New American Bible - Revised Edition (house Bible for a book I wrote about JWs in Russia, since the NWT is extremist there) actually says 'encouragement.' It is still not a piece of cake to follow.<br /><br />As I write this, another thought occurs to me. There is a word for the type of convoluted sentences that Paul so readily resorts to. I saw it once in a certain introduction to a Bible translation (I forget which one) and I cannot find it again. Do you know the word? (I am serious about this)tom harleyhttp://www.tomsheepandgoats.comnoreply@blogger.com