Lk 2:42: age of Jesus in the Temple
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Sep 26 06:50:04 EDT 2002
Englished and submitted for Mme Chabert d'Hyères:
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 07:48:37 +0000
From: "S Chabert d'Hyères" <laodicy at ifrance.com>
[D05; L, 579; pc] : KAI hOTE EGENETO AUTW ETH DWDEKA
>>[NA27] : KAI hOTE EGENETO ETWN DWDEKA
Reply to George Somsel:
>My inclination is to take it a a partitive genitive.
>
>gfsomsel
George:
As the grammars (French ones, at any rate) are not very forthcoming on
indication of age, I formulated for myself a rule that I would wish to see
validated. To indicate age GINOMAI generally calls for an accusative,
EINAI calls for a genitive (partitive genitive) as in the example which you
give: LEGETAI GAR ALKIBIADHS, PRIN EIKOSIN ETWN EINAI the reading of NA27
is an exception and I wonder whether it is not a mis-statement. The reading
of D05, L, 579, PC implies that Jesus was twelve years old and that it was
in the year of his Bar-Mitzva, which would Grammars (French) are rather not
very talkative on the indication of the age and I formulated for myself a
rule which I would wish to see confirming. In the indication of age GINOMAI
generally orders the accusative and EINAI the genitive (partitive genitive)
as in the example which you give: LEGETAI GAR ALKIBIADHS, PRIN EIKOSIN ETWN
EINAI the reading of NA27 makes exception and I wonder whether it is not
badly-known as. The reading of D05, L, 579, PC implies that Jesus was
twelve years old last and that it was in the year of his Bar-Mitzva, which
would agree better with the context; or y-a-t - it an objection? better
accord with the context; or is there some objection?
Regards,
S Chabert d'Hyères
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