[B-Greek] RE: Acts 22:6 Revisited (cont.), connection with Acts 22:17

D Jongkind dirk.jongkind at ntlworld.com
Wed Apr 14 06:09:29 EDT 2004


Jeffrey Gibson wrote:
> Here is a list of where the exact expression EGENETO MOI occurs in
Classical and Hellenistic Literature up through 2 CE.
>
> In the light of it, would you still say it is "rare"?

Yes.
Though I was not exact in my formulation in the first place, I thought that
within the context of our current discussion it was clear that the EGENETO
[DE] MOI referred to EGENETO + dative personal pronoun + Accusative with
infinitive. I admit that I only checked the LXX (and then only with MOI) and
the NT, but have not found any other examples besides Acts 22:6 and 22:17.
There must be others for sure and I would love to know where, but one cannot
solve this with a simple TLG search.

Martin Culy wrote:
>I am not aware of any arguments for positing a dative absolute construction
in
>Koine.

Neither am I. It is just that in Acts 22:17 the two participle constructions
seem so equivalent:

EGENETO DE   - MOI UPOSTREYANTI -   KAI   - PROSEUCOMENOU MOU -

Yet, probably I am forcing something upon this sentence that is not really
there.

Regards,
Dirk Jongkind




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