[B-Greek] ANISTHMI (active) w/agent UPO+gen

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Sat Jan 26 17:50:25 EST 2008


I just finished reading the introduction to Rutger Allan, "Middle  
Voice in Ancient Greek: A Study of Polysemy" Amesterdam 2003. At the  
same time I was pondering a passage in Thucid. 1.8.2 which seems  
relevant to NT, LXX and early Greek Patristic literature.

MINW ... hOI GAR EK TWN NHSWN KAKOURGOI ANESTHSAN hUP' AUTOU ...

Here we see ANESTHSAN combined with a specified agent hUP' AUTOU  
where MINW is the referent. G.Cooper (53.3.1) lists this citation  
under his discussion of "Neuter" verbs which are "active in form but  
typically intransitive in use" (53.3.0).

It seemed to me that the NT would certainly have an example of this  
but I could not find one. I did locate it in the Apostolic Fathers  
where an active participle was joined with an agent UPO+gen:

PHILI. 9:2 ... OU GAR TON NUN HGAPHSAN AIWNA, ALLA TON hUPER hHMWN  
APOQANONTA KAI DI' hHMAS hUPO TOU QEOU ANASTANTA. . .

PAP. 5:9-10? ... hISTOREI DE KAI ALLA QAUMATA KAI MALISTA TO KATA THN  
MHTERA MANAIMOU THN EK NEKRWN ANASTASIN: PERI TWN hUPO TOU CRISTOU EK  
NEKRWN ANASTANTWN, hOTI hEWS ARIANOU EZWN.

Compare this with 2MAC 7:14 where we find ANASTHSESQAI hUP' AUTOU,

2MAC. 7:14 KAI GENOMENOS PROS TO TELEUTAN hOUTWS EFH hAIRETON  
METALLASSONTAS hUP' ANQRWPWN TAS hUPO TOU QEOU PROSDOKAN ELPIDAS  
PALIN ANASTHSESQAI hUP' AUTOU SOI MEN GAR ANASTASIS EIS ZWHN OUK ESTAI


Elizabeth Kline







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