[B-Greek] ANAKALUPTW an impersonal verb? re. 2 Cor 3:14
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Dec 10 19:52:39 EST 2003
At 3:53 PM -0800 12/10/03, mrt wrote:
>A few have taken the ptc. from the root ANAKALUPTW as an accusative
>absolute (acc. abs.) in 2 Cor 3:14. I've search the archives here and
>elsewhere and seen various discussions on the acc. abs. And have seen the
>Greek experts say that an acc. abs. only occurs with an impersonal verb.
>But my questions are:
Text: ALLA EPWRWQH TA NOHMATA AUTWN, ACRI GAR THS SHMERON hHMERAS TO AUTO
KALUMMA EPI THi ANAGNWSEI THS PALAIAS DIAQHKHS MENEI, MH ANAKALUPTOMENON
hOTI EN CRISTWi KATARGEITAI.
I carried on an off-list dialogue with a gentleman arguing that MH
ANAKALUPTOMENON hOTI EN CRISTWi KATARGEITAI is an accusative absolute (it
was off-list because the gentleman insisted on remaining anonymous); I
wouldn't be surprised if your stimulus is the same person. The argument was
that the hOTI clause is the subject of MH ANAKALUPTOMENON in an accusative
absolute construction. Normally ANAKALUPTOMENON is understood as modifying
TO AUTO KALUMMA in the preceding clause, and this is reflected in all
translations except the American Standard Version.
>Is this an impersonal or personal verb? Is there ANY example from
>Classical Greek or Hellenistic of the above ptc. taken as an acc. abs.?
It is a personal verb; impersonal verbs tend to be construed with
infinitives and accusative, sometimes datives of the person: SUMFEREI hHMIN
TAUTA POIHSAI, which in the accusative absolute would be SUMFERON hHMIN
TAUTA POIHSAI. No there is no example of the above ptc. taken as an acc.
absolute.
>What I'm really considering is if there is much legitimacy to argue for an
>acc. abs. here, so any discussion directly related will be welcomed. I've
>seen B-D-F and Symth's grammar.
If you've already looked at those, I don't know where else you're likely to
find a more adequate discussion of the construction.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
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