[B-Greek] This is my body (Luk 22:19)

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sat Feb 17 16:19:15 EST 2007


Elizabeth,

So how would you explain the agreement of TOUTO with SWMA rather than with ARTON?  Don't just drop a bomb on us.
 
george
gfsomsel
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----- Original Message ----
From: Elizabeth Kline <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net>
To: greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 4:14:51 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] This is my body (Luk 22:19)


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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