Jude 1:7 antecedent of TOUTOIS?

Ben and Jo Crick ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Wed Aug 28 17:12:45 EDT 2002


On Wed 28 Aug 2002 (11:05:47), united_by_truth at softhome.net wrote:
> 
> 1) Is it SODOMA KAI GOMORRA because SODOMA is neuter? However, the
> participles related to them, EKPORNEUSASAI KAI APELQOUSAI are feminine
> plural, I assume because GOMORRA is feminine and the closest
> antecedent.
> 
> 2) Is it AGGELOUS back in verse 6?
> 
> I have always understood #2 as the best (only) option, but had this
> questioned recently on the basis that mixed gender antecedents require
> a neuter for agreement. This didn't seem right, but Greek grammar was a
> long time ago. Thanks for any help.
>
 Dear Rob,

 As I understand it, TOUTOIS refers back to the TINES ANQRWPOI... ASEBEIS of
 verse 4. These are the ones coming under Jude's disapproval. He likens them
 to the townsfolk of Sodom Gomorrha Admah and Zeboiim who perished. SODOMA KAI
 GOMORRA are a figure of speech, synechdoche, the container for the contents.
 A further awful example is drawn in, the example of the fallen angels, a
 reference to Genesis 6:2 LXX. So TOUTOIS could refer to these fallen angels:
 but the scholarly consensus seems to be that it is "to these certain ungodly
 men" that TOUTOIS in verse 7 refers, *hWS* SODOMA KAI GOMORRA.

 ERRWSWQE

 Ben
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