THi ELEUQERIAi in Gal 5:1 Dative of Advantage or Purpose?
Joseph Brian Tucker
music at riverviewcog.org
Mon May 31 16:35:25 EDT 1999
Greetings
THi ELEUQERIAi hHMAS CRISTOS HLEUQERWSEN STHKETE OUN KAI PALIN ZUGW
DOULEIAS ENECESQE
Gal 5.1 begins with no transition and it seems a peculiar use of the dative
case. Is it better to see it as advantage or purpose? My concern is how to
understand THi ELEUQERIAi as a limitation of the verb HLEUQERWSEN.
Second, Does STHKETE require one to break the sentence or is it
grammatically connected with 5:1a?
Third, is ENECESQE with the dative case seem abnormal?
Fourth, to what does PALIN relate? It seems to point back to the Jewish
law?
Thank you for your time.
Brian Tucker M.A.
Riverview, MI
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