Translation Help Needed
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Dec 28 11:47:17 EST 2002
At 9:23 AM -0500 12/28/02, Richard Ghilardi wrote:
>Dear Carl and Everyone,
>
>On Fri, 27 Dec 2002 14:51:28 -0600 "Carl W. Conrad"
><cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu> writes:
>> At 12:56 PM -0500 12/27/02, Spencer Gee wrote:
>> >I need some help with the following sentence in a Koine Greek
>> texbook.
>> >
>> >LEGEI OUN PROFHTHS EKEINOS hON DIDASKEI IHSOUS:
>> >PISTEUW.
>
>This sentence raises a question for me. Can PROFHTHS EKEINOS really be
>written anarthrously? Shouldn't it be **hO** PROFHTHS EKEINOS ?
It should normally be EKEINOS hO PROFHTHS; i.e. EKEINOS should be in the
predicative position; it really cannot be hO EKEINOS PROFHTHS, which would
be in the attributive position. I think that PROFHTHS EKEINOS is
permissible, but abnormal. In point of fact, however, the sentence as cited
to us is quite obviously not an original Koine Greek sentence but one
that's been composed by the instructor.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
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