odd twist or an ingenious translation?

Steve Amato samato at cfa.harvard.edu
Thu Jul 2 11:09:43 EDT 1998


I don't think "genitive of material" is accurate, though I know what you 
mean. Genitive of material refers to "that which things are made out of or 
consisting of" Such as in:

Mark 2:21 a patch [made out] of unshrunk cloth.

Whereas a shadow comes from a person's body, it is not made out of a 
person's body (no DNA in a shadow!).

"the things coming" are the source of the shadow. But if Christ is the body 
which is casting the shadow then in what way is he equivalent to "the 
things coming". Not that I disagree with you, for I also find it 
interesting that he uses swma (body).  Using such a physical term seems to 
emphasize "shadow" being a physical illustration - rather than as an 
abstract noun.




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