[B-Greek] Dative of Place

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Jan 24 09:49:14 EST 2004


At 9:06 AM -0500 1/24/04, <bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca> wrote:
> While searching the archives for something unrelated, I found a post that
>said; "According to Zerwick, the dative of place is absent from the NT".
>(I assume that this means a dative indicating place without the use of a
>prepostion).
>
>Two translation exercises from "Essentials of New Testament Greek" by
>Summers read as follows;(paragraph 17 line 11) BLEPW TON GAMON TWi OIKWi
>and (p 20:2) "hO MAQHTHS BLEPEI TON PROFHTHN THi EKKLHSIAi".
>In order for these two line to be 'typical' New Testament Greek, should
>there be the preposition EN in front of TWi OIKWi and THi EKKLHSIAi?

I would think so. I'd also issue a warning against textbooks that use
made-up Greek sentences for exercises: I've seen bloopers in more Greek
textbooks than I would care to name; I've probably written a few myself.
It's really far better, as Funk says, to find illustrations directly in the
literature one is teaching.
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Carl W. Conrad
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