05_Biblica_Do_Layout 1 08/07/13 12:57 Pagina 424 424 TOAN DO The objective of these statistics is to see whether in 1 John ko,smoj ever occurs in parallel with, or as an implication of a`marti,a. The following references are to be studied in parallel and in se- quence. First, we list the occurrences of ko,smoj: 2,2d.15a.15b.15c. 16a.16c.17; 3,1.13.17; 4,1.3.4.5a.5b.5c.9.14.17; 5,4a.4b.5.19, with a total of 23 times 37. Second, we register the instances of a`marti,a: 1,7.8.9a.9c; 2,2.12; 3,4a.4b.5a.5b; 3,8.9; 4,10; 5,16a.16b.17a.17b, with a total of 17 times 38. Beside these, Strecker notes two places where the author uses ko,smoj to express a synonymous idea with or relating to a`marti,a 39: peri. o[lou tou/ ko,smou (2,2d) // oi;damen o[ti evk tou/ qeou/ evsmen kai. o` ko,smoj o[loj evn tw/| ponhrw/| kei/tai (5,19). In the NT ko,smoj occurs 105 times; 78 of these appear in the Fourth Gospel, and 24 times in the Johannine epistles (23x in 1 John and 1x in 2 John). According to Cassem’s tabulation, “the fre- quency of use [in the Johannine literature], therefore, is two and one half times that of the entire remainder of the NT taken together. The word appears in the Fourth Gospel almost six times more fre- quently than it does in the Synoptics” 40. Οur references above thus help point out several other factors. First, in none of the appear- ances of ko,smoj in 1 John does the (immediate) context imply the péché du monde selon saint Jean”, 181-201; and BROWN, Gospel according John, I, 508-510. According to CASSEM, “Grammatical and Contextual Inventory”, 82, 37 references with underlined type indicate that “the form o` ko,smoj appears ab- solutely, i.e., unmodified”. I do question the analysis regarding 1 John 2,2, in which Cassem classifies it as being used absolutely. In the inventory of- fered by Cassem, the author seems to overlook the preposition peri, which precedes tou/ ko,smou. Cassem gives no clear criteria for why he considers certain cases with ko,smoj as being used absolutely or non-absolutely. E. MALATESTA, Interiority and Covenant. A Study of einai en and menein en in the First Letter of Saint John (AnBib 69; Rome 1978) 27, holds that a con- struction involving a noun is used absolutely when the noun is not accompa- nied by a preposition and not-absolutely when it is preceded by a preposition According to Malatesta, for instance, the noun avggeli,a is used absolutely in estin au[th h` avggeli,a in 1 John 1,5a. Thus, if my analysis of Cassem’s criteria ; for absolute use of ko,smoj is correct, the phrase peri. o[lou tou/ ko,smou is not used absolutely, but is modified by the peri,-clause. Underline type references indicate that a`marti,a is used in the absolute 38 sense or as a nominative predicate. See STRECKER, Johannesbriefe, 94, for further explanation on this point. 39 CASSEM, “Grammatical and Contextual Inventory”, 81. 40 © Gregorian Biblical Press 2013 - Tutti i diritti riservati