[B-Greek] Prepositional Phrases
Doug Hoxworth
dhoxworth at charter.net
Mon Oct 6 14:01:58 EDT 2003
i had a question about prepositional phrases. is there a
hard and fast rule which tells you what they modify? i
have given two examples to illustrate what i'm asking:
Mt 24:30 KAI TOTE FANHSETAI TO SHMEION TOU hUIOU TOU
ANQRWPOU EN OURANWi
does EN OURANWi modify/qualify TO SHMEION or TOU hUIOU TOU
ANQRWPOU? in other words, is it "and then the sign of the
Son of Man appears in heaven" or "and then the sign of
'the Son of Man in heaven' appears"? is the prepositional
phrase (EN OURANWi) attached to the the subject (TO
SHMEION) or the genitive clause (TOU hUIOU TOU ANQRWPOU?
Re 13:8 KAI PROSKUNHSOUSIN AUTON PANTES hOI KATOIKOUNTES
EPI THS GHS, hOU OU GEGRAPTAI TO ONOMA AUTOU EN TWi
BIBLIWi THS ZWHS TOU ARNIOU TOU ESFAGMENOU APO KATABOLHS
KOSMOU.
does APO KATABOLHS KOSMOU modify/qualify TOU ARNIOU TOU
ESFAGMENOU or GEGRAPTAI? in other words, is it "the lamb
slain from the foundation of the world" or "written from
the foundation of the world"?
is there anything hard and fast grammatical rule that one
can employ to make this exegetical decision? what is the
best way to decide what exactly prepositional phrases are
modifying? thanks in advance.
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