[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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