[B-Greek] Ephesians 5:26 what type of genitive
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Wed Apr 30 12:18:52 EDT 2008
On Apr 30, 2008, at 7:54 AM, Kevin W. Woodruff wrote:
> Diana:
>
> I take it as an subjective genitive. The water is that which is
> doing the washing. This probably allusion to the custom of the
> bridal bath as practice in the first century
I had always thought that a subjective genitive had to be an animate
agent. My thinking is that this is simply adjectival: what kind of
baptism? Water-baptism.
Carl Conrad
> Diana L Hayes <dihayes at juno.com> wrote:
> Dear B-Greeks,
> Hello, I was wondering if anyone would please give me an idea of what
> type of genitive TOU hUDATOS might be syntactically. Kind of stumped
> here.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Sincerely,
> Diana Hayes
> Shepherd, TX
> Writing exegetical paper
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