[B-Greek] hINA Clause John 6:29
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Mon Aug 23 15:46:16 EDT 2010
On Aug 23, 2010, at 2:34 PM, Gordon Slocum wrote:
> JOHN 6:28 – 29
> EIPON OUN PROS AUTON TI POIWMEN hINA ERGAZWMEQA TA ERGA TOU
> QEOS (29) APEKRIQH IHSOUS KAI EIPEN AUTOIS TOUTO ESTIN TO ERGON
> TOU QEOU hINA PISTEUHET
Let's make that PISTEUHi
> EIS hON APESTEILEN EKEINOS.
> Do I correctly understand the follow to be a purpose clause "hINA
> PISTEUHi EIS hON APESTEILEN EKEINOS" If I have this correct is
> the idea of contingency present in this use of this "present active
> subjunctive? Would the following translation of this clause be acceptable
> "that you might believe".
Actually this hINA clause is more a substantive clause, practically equivalent to
an infinitive or gerund: "Doing God's work is believing in the one He sent."
cf. BDF§388. But useful for a fuller understanding of what's going on here is
Margaret Sim's dissertation on hINA and hOTI, soon to be published, if not
already published:
http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b-greek/2009-January/048336.html
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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