[B-Greek] Translating Mark 1:8

N.E. Barry Hofstetter nebarry at verizon.net
Wed Nov 2 13:46:51 EST 2005


>From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at ioa.com>
>Date: Wed Nov 02 11:41:39 CST 2005
>To: Elizabeth Kline <kline-dekooning at earthlink.net>
>Cc: greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Translating Mark 1:8

>Moreover, I would say that EN here is not locative but instrumental.  
>As for the "definite" character of PNEUMATI hAGIWi, the usage here  
>seems almost like a proper name: "with Holy Spirit."

Particularly in the Pauline literature, EN PNEUMATI and variants is normally anarthrous.  I have never looked at it outside the Pauline epistles, but have assumed that it could be so elsewhere.


N.E. Barry Hofstetter
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