[B-Greek] Another example of a qualitative QEOS

Harold Holmyard hholmyard at ont.com
Thu Jul 6 12:12:45 EDT 2006


Dear Sean,

>>>>Brenton: "He alone is God."
>>>>REB: "He alone is God."
>>>>NRSV: "He alone is God."
>>>>NAB: "He alone is God."
>>>>NJB: "He alone is God."
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>>>How do you explain the lack of the article?
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>I would say for the same reason we rearrange sentences in English
>from the active to the passive voice: To bring the predicate into
>focus giving it a desired and useful emphasis.  Wouldn't this fit
>with the context?  If words in English don't change their meaning
>when found in the passive vs. the active voice, then why would they
>change meaning in Greek when fronted for emphasis?  No one on this
>forum has addressed this yet.
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HH: I have never understood that fronting required the loss of the article.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard



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