[B-Greek] PNEUMATIKAIS

Barry nebarry at verizon.net
Thu Oct 23 23:27:58 EDT 2008


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From: "Kevin Riley" <klriley at alphalink.com.au>
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Subject: Re: [B-Greek] PNEUMATIKAIS


>
> PSALMOS and HUMNOS are masculine, so they cannot be modified by 
> PNEUMATIKAIS
> which is feminine.

With a series of nouns, it is not uncommon for a final adjective to be taken 
with the entire series.  There is no real grammatical principle which 
definitively decides this -- it's more a function of the context.  Lightfoot 
thought that hWdAIS was summative the previous two, which would suggest that 
the adjective is to be taken with all three.  Others have argued the YALMOIS 
and hUMNOIS refer to canonical productions, while hWDAIS refers to 
specifically Christian compositions written under the inspiration of the 
Spirit, and so PNEUMATIKAIS would only refer to hWDAIS, since the 
"spiritual" nature of the Psalms and Hymns would be understood.

N.E. Barry Hofstetter
Professor, WRTS
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Classics Instructor, TAA
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