[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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