[B-Greek] This is my body (Luk 22:19)
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Sat Feb 17 16:14:51 EST 2007
On Feb 17, 2007, at 10:48 AM, George F Somsel wrote:
> KAI LABWN ARTON EUXARISTHSAS EKLASEN KAI EDWKEN AUTOIS LEGWN,
> "TOUTO ESTIN TO SWMA MOU hUPER hUMWN DIDOMENON; TOUTO POIEITE EIS
> THN EMHN ANAMNHSIN
>
> While it is true that ARTOS is masculine gender and TOUTO is neuter
> and thus does not agree with it, I think it would be a mistake to
> conclude that it does not thereby indicate the bread. The
> demonstative is rather far removed from its referent and is much
> closer to SWMA with which the bread is being equated so that the
> gender of the demonstrative is attracted to the gender of SWMA.
While I agree that TOUTO is co-referential with ARTON, the notion of
"attraction" which is used in most NT greek grammars seems like a non-
explanation.
Elizabeth Kline
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