[B-Greek] Jn 3:16 lack of AUTOU

Eddie Mishoe edmishoe at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 1 08:43:30 EST 2005


I agree here, but would add that the definite article
IS, often enough, a personal pronoun in Greek, not
just a weak demonstrative. 

Eddie Mishoe

--- Yancy Smith <Y.W.Smith at tcu.edu> wrote:

> In Greek as well as in other languages, body parts,
> near relatives  
> and other personal appurtenances are often
> "unmarked" for possession  
> where such marking is required in English. We say
> "my hand" instead  
> of "the hand." However, in colloquial English we
> find "the old man"  
> or "the wife" (meaning roughly "my Dad" or "my
> wife.") The definite  
> article--very often in Greek--in such cases is
> enough to mark  
> possession. Remember that the definite article
> sometimes functions as  
> a weak demonstrative pronoun and may function in
> such cases as a  
> marker of possession.
> 
> Yancy Smith
> Y.W.Smith at tcu.edu
> Brite Divinity School
> Texas Christian University
> 
> 
> 
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