[B-Greek] ACTS 18:18 TOIS ADELFOIS

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sat Dec 23 19:21:57 EST 2006


It DOES make a difference having a textual corpus that's not restricted to the Greek Bible, doesn't it?

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)


 
On Saturday, December 23, 2006, at 04:51PM, "Elizabeth Kline" <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>On Dec 23, 2006, at 12:40 PM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:
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>> RE: methodology
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>> Should we make decisions about word order based on the patterns of a
>> single word used a few times in a small corpus like the GNT? I wonder
>> if this is valid methodology. Like Carl, I am not impressed by the
>> position of TOIS ADELFOIS relative to APOTASSW or PROSMENW. See the
>> following with a dative preceding PROSMENW.
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>> Clemens  Homily 7, chapter 12, sect. 3, l. 2
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>> KAI GENOMENOS EKEI KAI
>> MAQWN, hOTI SIMWN OUDE MIAS hHMERAS AUTOIS PROSEMEINEN, ALL EUQEWS
>> EIS TRIPOLIN hWRMHSEN, OLIGWN hHMERWN AUTOIS EPIMEINAS KAI  
>> QERAPEUSAS OUK
>> OLIGOUS KAI TAIS BIBLOIS AUTOUS ENASKHSAS,
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>Flavius Josephus?, Antiquitates Ju?, Book 11, chapter 232, l. 1
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>KAI TROFHi KAI POTWi KAI TOIS hHDESIN APOTAXAMENH
>TRISIN hHMERAIS HiTEI TON QEON ELEHQHNAI MEN AUTHN,
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>(232) and bidding farewell to meat and drink and all delicacies, for  
>three days? time; and she entreated God to have mercy upon her ...
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>Note the three dative arguements in front of APOTAXAMENH.
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>Elizabeth Kline
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