[B-Greek] Eph. 2:10 Atraction?
Barry
nebarry at verizon.net
Sat Oct 15 19:32:25 EDT 2005
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Subject: [B-Greek] Eph. 2:10 Atraction?
> AUTOU GAR ESMEN POIHMA, KTISQENTESEN CRISTWi ISOU EPI ERGOIS AGAQOIS, hOIS
> PROHTOIMASEN hO QEOS hINA EN AUTOIS PERIPATHSWMEN.
>
> hOIS is the object of the relative clause, yet it is in the dative case. Is
> that because it is attracted to its antecedent seeing it is so close to it?
> Would attraction be considered poor grammar?
> What I mean is, would a Greek teacher 2000 years ago, marking an essay by a
> Greek boy put a arrow here and write; "Wrong case", or would it have been
> acceptable?<<
Probably not. You can see attraction in a variety of authors, including
classical.
N.E. Barry Hofstetter
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