[B-Greek] John 5:29

L. Harris ljoharris at ckt.net
Wed Feb 1 08:08:59 EST 2006


> Kenneth G. Wilson (1923-).  The Columbia Guide to Standard American 
> English.
> 1993.
> GENITIVE OF PURPOSE: Some grammarians classify certain descriptive 
> genitives
> as genitives of purpose. The inflected form (women's locker room, boys'
> bicycles) is matched by a periphrastic form made usually with for rather
> than the otherwise more frequent of (locker rooms for women, bicycles for
> boys).


This is taken from what?

The Columbia Guide to "STANDARD AMERICAN ENGLISH."

There is a big difference between Greek and Englsih in that English is NOT 
an infected language even though it has some inflected words in it. What may 
be a genitive in English is not necessarily so in Greek. In Greek what they 
are referring to as a Genitive above would be Dative Case

Some one else stated:
>>I think bringing the idea of "purpose" to the surface constitutes a
>> theological, rather than strictly grammatical, interpretation of the
>> genitives.

That is exactly right! Because many theologians over the centuries have been 
ignorant of Greek grammar and have thus mixed and matched grammatical rules 
of different languages...IF.... they even adheared to any grammar at all to 
begin with. While others over the centuries in not wanting the great dr. so 
and so to look ignorant, have covered this ignorance by calling it an 
"idiom".


Linda Harris





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