[B-Greek] DOKIMOS GENOMENOS in JAMES 1:12

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Thu Jul 26 15:56:27 EDT 2007


JAMES 1:12 MAKARIOS ANHR hOS hUPOMENEI PEIRASMON, hOTI DOKIMOS  
GENOMENOS LHMYETAI TON STEFANON THS ZWHS hON EPHGGEILATO TOIS  
AGAPWSIN AUTON.

This verse is easy enough to read, but I am wondering if there is  
more than one way DOKIMOS GENOMENOS might be analyzed. In light of  
our recent discussion of fronted participle clauses, would we see  
DOKIMOS GENOMENOS as a temporal clause describing a process that must  
take place or perhaps a state that must be attained prior to LHMYETAI  
TON STEFANON ... ?

Another question, does the nominative participle clause fill a  
syntactical slot in the following clause? Is it the subject of  
LHMYETAI or is the subject of DOKIMOS GENOMENOS coreferential with  
the subject of LHMYETAI?


Elizabeth Kline







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