Antiquitates 15: 260
Barry Hofstetter
nebarry at earthlink.net
Fri Nov 8 09:23:52 EST 2002
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Subject: [b-greek] Re: Antiquitates 15: 260
> apo does indeed mean from. couple with exousia it takes on the literal
meaning
> of "from power". this rather cumbersome phrase in english must then be
> rendered more felicitously by something like "inability". apo serves here
much
> like an alpha privative.
Jim, could you provide lexicographical support (i.e., parallels) of this rather
unusual usage of APO?
N.E. Barry Hofstetter
Professor of Theology and Biblical Interpretation
The Center for Urban Theological Studies, Philadelphia, PA
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