[B-Greek] EN + human locative of sphere
Albert Pietersma
albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Mon Jan 8 13:09:09 EST 2007
On Jan 8, 2007, at 12:56 PM, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
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>
> I'm not altogether convinced that this is really a locative at all,
> although it may have roots in locative phrases with preposition EN.
> But I've been somewhat fascinated by the expansion of EN + dative
> phrases in the GNT: we have the clearly instrumental usages (EN
> PNEUMATI hAGIWi) but we have also what seems to me (without having
> made any careful study of it) a not-very-sharp distinction between
> EIS + acc. of the person and EN + dat. of the person; PISTEUW is used
> both ways (as also with EPI + dative of thing or person). There may
> be a semantic distinction between these prepositional usages, but I'm
> not altogether sure about it.
>
> Brian suggests OT LXX phrases are worth exploring and I'm sure that's
> true; I'm wondering whether some of these EN + dative phrases don't
> reflect a Hebrew L' + proper noun or pronoun.
Quite so, though EN is typically a reflex of Hebrew B- and often
expresses means. But remember that the LXX is the kind of translation
in which straightforward linguistic performance cannot be taken for
granted..
Al
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> Carl W. Conrad
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