[B-Greek] Mark 15:12

James Ernest j.d.ernest at bc.edu
Wed Feb 16 12:29:21 EST 2011


An "accusative of reference [or "specification"]"? This reminds me loosely
of the usage that my teacher Arthur Rupprecht used to refer to half-jokingly
as "accusative of the body part affected." (As Andrew implies, the direct
object of POIHSW is TI.)
James Ernest

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:15 AM, A. J. Birch <AJB1212 at ono.com> wrote:

> Dear B-Greekers,
>
> "O DE PILATOS PALIN APOKRIQEIS ELEGEN AUTOIS, TI OUN [QELETE] POIHSW [ON
> LEGETE] TON BASILEA TWN IOUDAIWN;" (Mark 15:12).
>
> Instead of the accusative "TON BASILEA", would the dative - for indirect
> object - not have been more natural?
>
> Thankyou,
>
> Andrew J. Birch.
> Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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