[B-Greek] SOI in Mark 2:18

A. Philip Brown II pbrown at GBS.EDU
Mon Feb 9 15:29:17 EST 2004


Carl Conrad wrote:
Both the examples cited (Acts 8:21, Mt 16:22) have ESTI; one generally
limits the dative of possession to instances with EINAI or GINESQAI. At any
rate, the text of Mk 2:18 is very different: in hOI DE SOI MAQHTAI, SOI
must be the pronominal adjective; As I said earlier, I can't conceive of a
dative of possession used adjectivally in a noun phrase constituting the
subject of a clause.
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How about SOI in Prov. 5:10 and 23:26 which, in both instances, reflects the
Hebrew possessive pronoun? The phrase hOI DE SOI occurs in both. In Luk 5:33
hOI DE SOI directly parallels hOI TWN FARISAIWN, which I would take as
indicating "those belonging to the Pharisees" and "those belonging to you."

Or what about SOI in Rom. 9:7 which also does not have EINAI or GINESQAI?

I'm not arguing that SOI in these instances has to be a pronoun, but it does
seem to be. If it is, perhaps it could be regarded as an ethical
dative/dative of interest, but the translation of the Hebrew possessive
seems to suggest a possessive idea as does the parallel genitive
construction.

Philip Brown
Cincinnati, OH





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