[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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