Word Order & The Instrumental Dative

clayton stirling bartholomew c.s.bartholomew at worldnet.att.net
Tue Nov 10 13:16:49 EST 1998


In Acts 16:15 we read:

EI KEKRIKATE ME PISTHN TWi KURIWi EINAI

I was tempted to read TWi KURIWi as an instrumental dative limiting KEKRIKATE
but I didn't find anyone to agree with me. I would assume that the reason for
this is word order, however I am not certain that this reading is really
impossible given the word order as it stands.

Is it impossible or highly improbable to read  TWi KURIWi as an instrumental
dative in this context? Would the following word order make in more acceptable?

EI KEKRIKATE TWi KURIWi ME PISTHN EINAI

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Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
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P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062



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