1 John 1:1-Genitive of Connection?
Steven Craig Miller
scmiller at www.plantnet.com
Mon Dec 20 15:03:24 EST 1999
To: Edgar Foster,
Brown [1982] gives three grammatical interpretations (which I present below
with slight modifications) of (PERI TOU LOGOU) THS ZWHS.
(a) It could be an appositive genitive meaning: "about the word which is life."
(b) It could be a qualifying genitive meaning: "about the life-giving word."
(c) It could be a objective genitive meaning: "concerning the word about life."
But Brown's translation merely gives: "about the word of life."
-Steven Craig Miller
Alton, Illinois (USA)
scmiller at www.plantnet.com
Disclaimer: "I'm just a simple house-husband (with no post-grad degree),
what do I know?"
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