[B-Greek] Eph 2:2 and syntactic significance of TOU PNEUMATOS
Brian Abasciano
bvabasciano at gmail.com
Tue Feb 13 01:45:10 EST 2007
Eph 2:2: EN hAIS POTE PERIEPATHSATE KATA TON AIWNA TOU KOSMOU TOUTOU KATA TON ARCONTA THS EXOUSIAS TOU AEROS TOU PNEUMATOS TOU NUN ENERGOUNTOS EN TOIS hUIOIS THS APEIQEIAS
There has been much discussion of the sense of the genitive TOU PNEUMATOS in this verse. Some argue that this is a genitive of apposition (i.e., an epexegetical genitive), idenifying the ruler that is mentioned. But Wallace (104; cf. 97) claims that this is impossible, asserting that genitives of apposition cannot occur when both nouns are personal. Do you agree with this assessment? It seems a bit overstated to me, though a genitive of apposition here is awkward. Of course, there are several options as to the actual relationship here. So I am interested to see if list members think Wallace is correct to insist that genitives of apposition cannot occur when both nouns are personal, and then what list members think is the most probable syntactic significance of TOU PNEUMATOS.
God bless!
Brian Abasciano
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