[B-Greek] Genitive vs Adjective
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Wed May 25 10:02:03 EDT 2005
I would agree with what Elizabeth has said here; the only thing I might add is that
some instances of "attributive" genitives appear to be expressions in Greek of the
Hebrew "construct" arrangement of two nouns in which the second noun functions adjectivally.
Quite a few such "attributive" genitives in LXX and in OT citations from the LXX in the GNT
ought to be understood that way, and it has seemed to me that the attributive genitive is
especially prominent in Hebrews--which is rhetorically carefully elaborated while at the
same time not exhibiting the more standard features of traditional Greek rhetoric.
On Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at 10:35PM, Elizabeth Kline <kline-dekoning at earthlink.net> wrote:
>On 5/24/05 5:50 PM, "Mitch Larramore" <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Why is a Genitive noun "more emphatic" than a simple
>> adjective
>
>It isn't.
>
>
>> The
>> sense I've gathered about the Genitive by reading
>> posts out here is that the relationship between the
>> Genitive and the noun it modifies is somewhat
>> ambiguous.
>
>Very.
>
>>So, I would think that an adjective, since
>> it cannot have any ambiguity as to its adjectival
>> role ...
>
>Not true. Adjectives perform several functions.
>
>
>> ... would be more emphatic that a Genitive "noun."
>
>You are using the word emphatic in an offhand way.
>Emphasis is not a feature of the case system. It is controlled by word
>order other issues in the surface structure.
>
>I don't know who you have been reading but you might want to find something
>better to read.
>
>Elizabeth Kline
>
>
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Carl W. Conrad
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