[B-Greek] Colossians 2:8

Harold R. Holmyard III hholmyard at ont.com
Tue Aug 9 13:44:48 EDT 2005


Dear Malcolm,

>BLEPETE MH TIS hUMAS ESTAI hO SULAGWGWN DIA THS FILOSOFIAS KAI KENHS 
>APATAS KATA THN PARADOSIN TWN ANQROPWN KAI KATA TA STOICEIA TOU 
>KOSMOU KAI OU KATA CRISTON.
>
>My question is a simple one.  The position of hUMAS strikes me as 
>quite awkard.

HH: You shouldn't judge Greek by English. Greek can do this, and the 
writer may have wanted to link DIA THS FILOSOFIAS KAI KENHS APATAS 
closely to the verb.

>   It could be understood as the direct object of hO SULAGWGWN, but 
>could it legitimately be by virtue of it's position in the text the 
>accusative of respect?  In other words I know it can but is it more 
>probable and nature?

HH: If hUMas were an accusative of respect, I don't see that the 
meaning would be any different than if hUMAS were the direct object 
of the verb: "Beware lest anyone with respect to you be one deceiving 
. . . ." A direct object is just more natural.

				Yours,
				Harold Holmyard

>
>Cordially,
>
>Malcolm Robertson
>
>
>
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