The fronting of TOUTOU, James 1:26

Paul R. Zellmer zellmer at cag.pworld.net.ph
Sat Jul 11 04:47:20 EDT 1998


The word order for the independent clause TOUTOU MATAIOS hH QRHSKEIA in James 1:26 seems unusual to me.  The referent for the pronoun seems to be TIS, found at the beginning of the verse, and it is in the genitive.  I guess I must be confused as to what type of genitive it is.  From the translations, I would have expected hH QRHSKEIA TOUTOU MATAIOS ESTIN or, for emphasis, MATAIOS hH QRHSKEIA TOUTOU.  What's going on with what we actually find here?

Thanks,

Paul
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Paul and Dee Zellmer, Jimmy Guingab, Geoffrey Beltran
Ibanag Translation Project
Cabagan, Philippines

zellmer at faith.edu.ph






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