[B-Greek] Phil 3:4 & 9 Article missing accentuates noun quality?

Elizabeth Kline kline-dekooning at earthlink.net
Sat Oct 22 15:15:57 EDT 2005


On Oct 21, 2005, at 1:20 PM, David Bielby wrote:

> Philippians 3:9  KAI EUREQW EN AUTW, MH EKWN EMHN DIKAIOSUNHN THN  
> EK NOMOU
> ALLA THN DIA PISTEWS KRISTOU,
>
> THN EK QEOU DIKAIOSUNHN EPI TH PISTEI.
>
>
>
> The point was made that the lack of an article in the Greek Text in  
> Phil 3:9
> for DIKAIOSUNHN focuses the meaning on the quality of the noun


"When a possessive adjective ... is used with a substantive without  
the article, the substantive is usually general in sense ... "
For example: "EMOS TE hETAIROS" Pl.Ap.20e  Attic Greek Prose Syntax  
51.4.8.

I suspect Dr. Conrad would agree that attempts to get a lot of  
exegtical milage out of this are not justified on the basis of Greek  
syntax alone.


Elizabeth Kline







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