[B-Greek] EINAI TON CRISTON IHSOUN, Act 18:5
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Tue Nov 13 16:35:23 EST 2007
On Nov 13, 2007, at 5:52 AM, Carl Conrad wrote:
> I have the e-text of Wallace, but after reading through it, I really
> don't think what he says is conclusive; it seems to me that he's
> reasonably honest here in recognizing that the choice between
> alternative ways of understanding the Greek in these passages may be
> subjective or arbitrary rather than clearly resolved by unquestionable
> criteria. My own subjective choice is "that Jesus is the Christ" --
> and I guess the criterion I prefer to go with is that the predicate
> term is the one marked by the article. "Ya pays yer money and ya takes
> yer choice."
I repent me (somewhat); the choice may be subjective, but I'll stick
with it; what I'd change is my reason for making the choice: it is
that TON CRISTON is a title while IHSOUN is an individual person.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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