hOUTI AUTON ESTIN in the Beatitudes
Mark & Mary Markham
markhamm at jas-net.de
Fri Jul 10 21:23:21 EDT 1998
http://www.calvary-baptist.com/sermons/beatitudes/index.html
has some info on the Beatitudes. Minor Greek , but a great understanding of
what the kingdom is and who composes-- this is the context to understand
your word by.
Sincerly,
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey B. Gibson <jgibson000 at mailhost.chi.ameritech.net>
To: Biblical Greek <b-greek at franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Friday, July 10, 1998 8:50 AM
Subject: hOUTI AUTON ESTIN in the Beatitudes
>Friends,
>
>I am reading through a booklet by Brad Young on _The Jewish Background
>to the Lord's Prayer_ in which Young makes the claim that hOTI AUTON
>ESTIN at Matt. 5:3 etc. should be seen as a partitive genitive and not
>as a possessive. If true, the beatitudes containing this phrase would
>seemingly mean "How blesssed are X, the Kingdom of God is comprised of
>such as these". Any thoughts on this?
>
>Yours,
>
>Jeffrey Gibson
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