Romans 5:15

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Mar 27 07:05:13 EST 2002


At 11:17 AM +0000 3/27/02, Jack Stewart wrote:
>Thanks Glen - quite right, I now see a little bit clearer.  However, should
>'THi' not be instead thought of as the f.sg.dat. definite article
>functioning as a substantive noun, and thus working as a relative particle
>in this context, rather than, as you have suggested, a relative pronoun
>proper (I was under the impression that the fem.sg.dat. rel. pronoun did
>indeed differ in form from the fem.sg.dat. article).
>
>Many thanks for you help and patience!
>
>Jack Stewart,
>
>UK
>
>
>
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>>hH DWREA EN CARITI THi TOU hENOS ANQRWPOU IHSOU CRISTOU

Yes, and in more traditional grammatical language, THi is an article in the
attributive position making the whole phrase THi ... CRISTOU an attribute
of CARITI.
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Carl W. Conrad
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