[B-Greek] The Definite Article in Romans 9:5

Harold Holmyard hholmyard at ont.com
Tue Feb 28 21:11:01 EST 2006


Dear Carl,

>
> I still remember vividly the first time I saw this as a Freshman  
> beginning to read Mark in Mk 2:2 KAI SUNHCQHSAN POLLOI hWSTE MHKETI  
> CWREIN MHDE TA PROS THN QURAN -- and wondering to myself, "why the TA  
> with PROS THN QURAN?" Of course it could have been MHDE PROS THN  
> QURAN ("not even near the doorway") but it seems this is something  
> that the Koine favors such expressions, maybe like the colloquial  
> American "like" in  "not even, like, near the doorway" -- as if "near  
> the doorway" needed something additional to make it seem adverbial.



HH: The way I have understood it is: "not even the (space) by the door."

Yours,
Harold Holmyard




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