TWi ~ A Relative Pronoun?

George Blaisdell maqhth at hotmail.com
Sat Apr 10 16:01:54 EDT 1999


Grammarians!

EN PISTEI ZW TWi TOU hUIOUS TOU QEOU

Is the TWi in this sentence a relative pronoun?

No!  

It is simply an enfolded EN TWi PISTEI!!

Too easy!!

"In faith I am living, in the faith of the Son of God."

"In faith" is anarthrous and thus generic, and is evoked around TWi 
[in virtue of the agreement of case, gender and number] which gives it 
specificity, and emphasis!

As well, the TOU hUIOU TOU QEOU, because it has no preposition, is a 
generic genitive, indicating clearly the genesis of that faith, 
without further specificity.  The 'generics' that begin and end this 
thought afford an elegant balance to such a simple sequence of 8 
Greek words.

Ah, the Greek gets easier now!!

:-)  :-)  :-)

There, there, George ~ You're all better now...

~ Big Sigh ~

 
George Blaisdell 
Roslyn, WA 


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