Googling "divine passive" and "hiding the agent" give some hits for the English language. They both describe something like clever obfuscation of the real agent. It's done because there's something to hide (like in "mistakes were made") or because it sounds more authoritative. That's not usually the case in the Bible, and usage of mediopassive is different from English, anyways. The term "divine passive" is used differently in theology.Alex Hopkins wrote:I continue to wonder if there are studies where the hiding of the agent in Greek is discussed, so that Joan might set this text against a broader context?
Therefore the first task here is to make clear what a writer means with the term "hiding the agent". Maybe Joan can help here, if she has the original text at hand.