2 Peter 1:4
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Jun 4 17:09:24 EDT 2002
I am forwarding the following to the list for George Somsel:
From: Polycarp66 at aol.com
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 13:51:35 EDT
Subject: [b-greek] Re: 2 Peter 1:4
To: Biblical Greek <b-greek at franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Reply-To: Polycarp66 at aol.com
In a message dated 6/3/2002 9:37:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
dan_rach at ntlworld.com writes:
DI' hWN TA TIMIA KAI MEGISTA....hIVA DIA TOUTWN (2 Pe 1:4)
Does the hWN refer to the PANTA of the previous verse or to the DOXHi KAI
ARETHi immediately preceding. The latter is obviously closer but the former
sems to make more sense.
And does the TOUTWN refer to the same thing, or to something different?
Sense would seem to suggest the 'promises' as the referent of the TOUTWN,
but isn't the demonstrative usually used to refer to items further back?
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My inclination is to take it with that which is immediately preceding, viz.
DOCHi KAI ARETHi. DI' + gen. would have a causal force which would be in
keeping with the dative (means or instrument) of what I would take to be its
antecedent.
gfsomsel
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