[B-Greek] Subjective or Objective

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Oct 24 16:14:28 EDT 2006


On Oct 24, 2006, at 3:14 PM, Ken Baumgarten wrote:

> Can someone please share their views of whether the phrase PISTEWS
> XRISTOU, in Galatians 2:16 & 20 is a subjective or objective genitive?

You should realize that these terms ('subjective' and 'objective')  
genitive are translators' categories and not features of ancient  
Greek. You have to decide whether the phrase means "faith in Christ"  
or "Christ's faithfulness" solely on the basis of your understanding  
of the context. Some might argue that the balance is tipped by the  
fact that 2:16 includes the clause,  KAI hHMEIS EIS CRISTON IHSOUN  
EPISTEUSAMEN and on that basis conclude that "faith in Christ" is the  
sense of adnominal genitive phrases in 2:16 and 2:20.

> Thank you.
>
> Ken

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Carl W. Conrad
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