[b-greek] Re: Phil 1.7

From: Iver Larsen (alice-iver_larsen@wycliffe.org)
Date: Thu Feb 08 2001 - 00:45:12 EST


> For a further discussion of this construction you may like to look at
> Jeffrey Reed's "The Infinitive with Two Substantial Accusatives: An
> Ambiguous Construction?", NovT 33 (1991), 1-27
>
Is it possible to access this at an Internet site? I am not near a library that
would have it.

While we are looking at this construction, what do people think about
John 12:18 hYPHNTNSEN AUTWi hO OCLOS hOTI HKOUSAN TOUTO AUTON PEPOIHKENAI TO
SHMEION
 the crowd went to meet him because they heard he had performed this sign

In the infinitive with double accusative AUTON is subject and TOUTO TO SEMEION
is object. This is clear for semantic rather than grammatical reasons. Why is
TOUTO brought so far forward? Does the object or part of it generally come
first? Or is it just a matter of putting high emphasis on *this* sign?

The few instances I could find of this kind of construction appeared to
generally have the object or part of it first, but I am not sure I have the
means to find them all. What about the following?

Rom 4:13 hH EPAGGELIA ... TO KLHRONOMON AUTON EINAI KOSMOU
the promise (that) he would be the heir of the world

1 Tim 6:5 NOMIZONTWN PORISMON EINAI THN EUSEBEIAN
thinking (that) godliness is (a means of) gain

Iver Larsen
Kolding, Denmark
alice-iver_larsen@wycliffe.org


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