[B-Greek] Grammatical gender

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Wed Sep 21 12:53:04 EDT 2005


On Sep 21, 2005, at 12:34 PM, Eric Biggs wrote:

> Ross,
>
> Concerning the gender being of import in exegesis, I always think  
> about Eph. 2:8 with the singular neuter TOUTO and the antecedent.   
> I've always put this with the two singluar feminie nouns, unless of  
> course my diagram is incorrect.  The gender here seems to be of  
> great import.
>
> THi GAR CARITI ESTE SESWiSMENOI DIA PISTEWS KAI TOUTO OUK EX hUMWN  
> QEOU TO DWRON
>
> But I am also interested in seeing more examples.

This verse has been discussed frequently enough on this list; I'm  
with those who think TOUTO refers back to the entire proposition  
stated in the preceding clause rather than to any particular word or  
words in it.

Carl W. Conrad
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