[B-Greek] Ephesians 1:4 - Adjectival prepositional phrase?
Harold Holmyard
hholmyard at ont.com
Mon Sep 4 15:42:36 EDT 2006
OwenW530 at aol.com wrote:
>Ephesians 1:4- KATHOS EXELEXATA hEMAS EN AUTO PRO KATABOLES KOSMOU
>
>Apologies if my transliteration is not the standard for this mailing list.
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>I am curious as to the usage of PRO KATABOLES KOSMOU. Traditionally it has
>been translated adverbially, describing EXELEXATA. However, I was reading up on
> prepositions in Daniel Wallace's textbook and noticed that he stated that
>prepositional phrases that contain the genitive are often times adjectival,
>though still more often than not adverbial. My question is how reasonable would
>it be to take PRO KATABOLES KOMOU to be adjectival, describing AUTO? That
>would render the translation something like "Just as He predestines us in Him
>who was before the foundation of the world." Is there any evidence that
>supports or denies the adjectival prepositional phrase?
>
>
It's not adjectival. There would need to be some linking word in this
context to join AUTO to the prepositional phrase.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Owen Weddle
>Starkville, MS
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