[B-Greek] Eph 2:2 and syntactic significance of TOU PNEUMATOS

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Tue Feb 13 10:45:09 EST 2007


On Feb 13, 2007, at 6:43 AM, George F Somsel wrote:

> I think you're missing something in Wallace.  If you back up from  
> where he lists Eph 2.2 and denies that it is a genitive of  
> apposition you will see that he proposes a test to distinguish  
> whether or not it is a genitive of apposition based upon HOW YOU  
> WOULD TRANSLATE the passage.  he states
>
> 2) Genitive of Apposition vs. Simple Apposition
> Both will fit the “which is” formula so another test needs to be  
> used to distinguish the two. If the word “of” can be used before  
> the genitive in question, then it is a genitive of apposition. If  
> it cannot, then it is simple apposition related to another genitive.

Doing grammatical analysis of Greek based on how it might be rendered  
into English is a policy which has been rightly criticized in this  
forum on numerous occasions. If this is how Wallace does his work  
then I would just ignore him.


Elizabeth Kline







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