[B-Greek] Adjectival and Adverbial Prepositional Phrases in Biblical Greek
Steven Lo Vullo
themelios at charter.net
Wed May 18 21:30:33 EDT 2005
On May 17, 2005, at 8:39 PM, James Davis wrote:
> Now let me propose the sentence as follows: KAI EISEPCOMENOU AUTOU EIS
> TINA KWMHN APHNTHSAN AUTW DEKA LEPROI ANDRES, OI ESTHSAN PORRWQEN; KAI
> PERIBLEYAMENOS AUTOUS META LEPRAS, EIPEN AUTOIS, etc.
>
> My next question is: Would this be a case where META with the genitive
> is an adjectival phrase because it is in a context where that
> prepositional phrase can be said to characterize the pronoun AUTOUS,
> and since its use to characterize PERIBLEYAMENOS does not make any
> sense?
Hi James:
First, your example seems to me to be contrived, not genuine Greek at
all. I could be wrong, but I think such an idea would be expressed with
some sort of substantival participial phrase (something like
PERIBLEYAMENOS TOUS KAKWS ECONTAS THi LEPRAi or PERIBLEYAMENOS TOUS THN
LEPRAN ECONTAS). Typically a participial form of ECW is used in the
Gospels and Acts in substantival and adjectival expressions designating
people afflicted with injuries, illnesses, and demon possession (see
Matt 4.24; 12.10; Mark 1.34; 3.1, 3; 9.17; Luke 4.33; 6.8; 8.27; 13.11;
Acts 8.7; 16.16; 19.13; 28.9). I was unable to find any example of a
similar expression utilizing META + genitive, much less one that
construed with a pronoun.
Second, Carl suggested that your example utilizes Mark 3.5. You should
note that the prepositional phrase MET' ORGHS, though following AUTOUS,
must construe with PERIBLEYAMENOS, and CANNOT characterize AUTOUS. The
anger was on the part of Jesus, not those at whom he was looking. This
example actually runs counter to your suggestion.
I think what you really need to do is to offer for inspection genuine
Greek texts--or at least ONE genuine Greek text--wherein META +
genitive demonstrably CANNOT construe with a verb but MUST be construed
with a pronoun.
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Steven Lo Vullo
Madison, WI
MAR student
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
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