MEROS in Col. 2:16
Rosangela Lira
lira at escelsa.com.br
Tue Jun 25 09:06:16 EDT 2002
I would like to ask about MEROS in Col. 2:16. The text says: MH OUN TIS
hUMAS KRINETW EN BRWSEI CAI EN POSEI H EN MEREI hEORTES. Although the
common translation is "in respect of a feast day" or "with regard to a
feast day", some argue in favor of "in part of a feast" or something
similar. Walker notes since the words for festival, new moon, and Sabbath
days have a genitive case ending and that "meros" (a noun and not a
preposition as in: "with regards to {objects of the preposition}") is the
object of the preposition EN ("in") this means that Paul was talking about
some "portion of" the days. He also notes that since the nouns are
anarthrous, this implies that it was the "quality or nature [of the days]
rather than the identity" of the days that was in question.
Your help will be appreciated. Thanks.
Rosangela Lira
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