[B-Greek] Embedded hHS

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Mar 4 15:45:59 EST 2004


At 12:59 PM -0500 3/4/04, James Hester wrote:
>Acts
>
>1,1
>TON MEN PRWTON LOGON EPOIHSAMHN PERI PANTWN, W QEOFILE, hWN HRXATO hO
>IHSOUS POIEIN TE KAI DIDASKEIN
>
>1,2
>ACRI hHS hHMERAS ENTEILAMENOS TOIS APOSTOLOIS DIA PNEUMATOS hAGIOU hOUS
>EXELEXATO ANELHMFQH
>
>1,22
>ARXAMENOS APO TOU BAPTISMATOS IWANNOU hEWS THS hHMERAS hHS ANELHMFQH AFí hHMWN
>
>
>Comparing the Prepositional Phrases in 1,2 ACRI hHS hHMERAS to hEWS THS
>hHMERAS hHS in 1,22 yields two structural differences of interest to me.
>What is the significance if any of hHS appearing between ACRI and hHMERAS
>in 1,2?

None. ACRI hHS hHMERAS is simply a stylistic abbreviation of ACRI THS
hHMERAS hHS ..., and there is no difference between ACRI + gen. and hEWS +
gen., or should I say it's about the same difference as that between "six"
and "half a dozen."
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Carl W. Conrad
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