Lk 18:13; TWi hAMARTWLWi
Harry W. Jones
hjbluebird at aol.com
Sat Dec 1 17:54:52 EST 2001
Dear Carlton,
Would you mind giving me your conclusions on MOI TWi hAMARTWLWi as
well?
Best,
Harry Jones
> In a message dated 12/1/01 6:40:00 AM, cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu writes:
>
> >At 6:37 AM -0500 12/1/01, Harry W. Jones wrote:
> >>Dear Carlton,
> >>
> >>If I may be so bold to ask.
> >>
> >>Why couldn't the relative clause TO PERI POLLWN EKCUNNOMENON, be in
> >>apposition to TO hAIMA in Matthew 26:28 rather than attributive to it?
> >
> >No one would accuse you of not being bold, Harry. But. of TO PERI POLLWN
> >EKCUNNONMENON is a substantive in its own right (as it must be to be in
> >"apposition" to TO hAIMA, then the meaning attached to it would have to
> >be
> >something like "what is being poured out for many" or "the thing which
> >is
> >being poured out for many." I think it had better be understood as
> >attributive.
> >--
> Harry, Carl's next post makes clear that what has to happen for apposition to
> be present is the two substantives have to be exactly the same, whether it is
> regular apposition or the special category some grammarians have - genitive
> of apposition. Now the question in Luke 18:13 is are MOI and TWi hAMARTWLWi
> identical. Is there more to MOI than just being a sinner. I think so, and
> that is what causes my hesitation to join Carl in jumping ship. The least we
> can say about this article is that it marks the prayer as a member of the
> group. Does it do more? I don't know.
>
> Carlton Winbery
> Louisiana College
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