[B-Greek] The Definite Article in Romans 9:5
Terry and Gail Cook
cookie99 at fuse.net
Tue Feb 28 17:49:35 EST 2006
Greetings,
The general questioning in regards to Romans 9:5 regards the Deity of Christ but there is almost no discussion on the use of the definite article TO. Many commentators (Schreiner, Piper, Dunn, Cranfield, etc.) quote Blass & DeBrunner's teaching that this article "strongly emphasizes limitation", and feel that is sufficient and move on.
Is that all there is to say about the use of this definite article? B&D claim "this usage is not frequent" so why hasn't more been said about it? Are B&D right in their conclusion? How do they know? Why a singular accusative neuter? Does the neuter imply "the thing"? I'm not able to find other exact examples in the GNT nor is there discussion in the grammars like Wallace, D&M, or Summers.
Any help understanding this usage of the definite article would be appreciated.
Terry Cook
sDg
"Since Christ looked upon me, my heart is not my own, he hath run away to heaven with it" (Samuel Rutherford)
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