[B-Greek] Mt 22:44 and an absence of the article
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Jun 27 09:00:14 EDT 2006
On Jun 27, 2006, at 7:50 AM, Peter Brzeski wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> In Mt 22:44 we find an instance of KURIOS without the article
> preceding it. Daniel Wallace in his Greek Grammar gives a list of
> conditions under which an anarthous noun can be definite. I was
> trying to fit this example into one of his categories, but I'm not
> sure if I got it right.
>
> My first thought was that KURIOS in this instance could be either
> taken as a monadic noun or as a proper name, but I'm not sure if it
> qualifies for either (by the way, I do find these two categories
> somewhat overlapping). The passage is a quote from Psalm 110:1,
> where in the LXX we do find the article before KURIOS, whereas the
> hebrew text has the tetragrammaton here.
>
> So my question is: why is KURIOS anarthous in Mt 22:44?
This is a citation from the LXX, Ps. 110.1; it appears also in Mk
12:36 and Lk 20:42.
Anarthrous KURIOS in the LXX conveys the tetragram IHWH, not directly
but rather by giving the Greek equivalent of Heb. ADONAI.
Carl W. Conrad
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