Future Passive Forms in Matthew

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Dec 14 12:17:09 EST 2002


At 10:46 AM -0600 12/14/02, Paul S Dixon wrote:
>If the Greek list is still not receiving my emails I am sending it on to
>Carl, as well.

Well, if the behavior of B-Greek is making you uneasy, Paul, I assure you
that you're not alone!

>I compared the 65 occurrences of the future passive forms (MP1 and MP2)
>in the Gospel of Matthew with the way the NIV translators rendered them.
>This is what I got.
>
>The NIV has 22 middles and 43 passives.  2:1 ratio.

While I am rather uncomfortable with the notion of resolving the issue by
what institutional versions do with these verbs, I suppose it is worth
comparing with one's own judgments, although I'd look at a variety of
versions and I also rather think that there'd be a considerable difference
between what we'd find in  the more literal versions and what we'd find in
the "dynamic-equivalence" versions. Even so, this is a pretty good ratio, I
think; it does seem to suggest that the -QH- future is not restricted to
indicating passive sense.
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
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