[B-Greek] Acts 5.18 and 4:3
Albert Pietersma
albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Sun Dec 31 13:27:51 EST 2006
On Dec 31, 2006, at 1:11 PM, George F Somsel wrote:
> Albert,
>
> It may be true that I have gone too far. As you note, there are seven
> uses of DHMIOSIOS in the f dat sg in the LXX and NT. Perhaps you can
> find me seven instances in Greek literature of the f dat sg where the
> usage is unquestionably adjectival?
It seems to me you are putting the burden of proof in the wrong place.
Had you surveyed the entire corpus before claiming what you did,
matters might be different. The world of Greek, as you well know, is
much larger that the OT and the NT.
Albert, wishing you a happy 2007.
>
> george
> gfsomsel
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Albert Pietersma <albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca>
> To: George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>
> Cc: Iver Larsen <iver_larsen at sil.org>; BG <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 11:42:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Acts 5.18 and 4:3
>
> I must confess not having followed the prominence debate, but methinks
> you go much too far, George, in your claim that DHMOSIAi MUST be
> adverbial in Acts 5:18. You have in view four instances in the NT and
> three in the LXX—a total of seven. Given the fact that DHMOSIOS occurs
> hundreds of times in Greek literature down to the turning of the era,
> and given the fact that DHMOSIAi (in public) regularly contrasts with
> IDIAi (in private) it stands to reason that DHMOSIAi is most often
> adverbial. But that scarcely means that it ceases to be adjectival.
> Al
> On Dec 31, 2006, at 9:00 AM, George F Somsel wrote:
>
> > While it may be true that the majority of commentators and
> translators
> > have taken DHMOSIAi here to be adjectival, this runs counter to its
> > usage elsewhere. I have yet to see an instance where the f dat sg of
> > DHMOSIOS is an adjective.
> —
> Albert Pietersma
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Albert Pietersma
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