[B-Greek] Genitive in 2 Cor 1:5

A. Philip Brown II pbrown at GBS.EDU
Thu Jun 3 10:52:22 EDT 2004


> Is there any real
> evidence for a causative genitive? I notice that Wallace does not seem
> to have such a category in his Grammar.

Hi, Bill,

I think there is--as long as you recognize that there are at least two types
of causation: direct causation and (not sure exactly what to call it)
grounds-causation or reason (i.e., in an X of Y construction: Y is the
reason X happened, though not X's direct cause).

I teach that any time you have two nouns in a genitive relation, both of
which are event words, there is the potential that they are reflecting a
deep structure in which one event is the cause (or means, purpose, result
etc) of the other event.

I take Mark 1:4 this way "a baptism of repentance"  = a baptism on the
grounds of the candidate's repentance.

Philip Brown
Cincinnati, OH




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