[B-Greek] Acts 17,15
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Mar 31 20:32:27 EST 2004
At 5:17 PM -0800 3/31/04, Eddie Mishoe wrote:
>hOI DE KAQISTANONTES TON PAULON HGAGON hEWS AQHNWN,
>KAI LABONTES ENTOLHN PROS TON SILAN KAI TON TIMOQEON
>hINA hWS TACISTA ELQWSIN PROS AUTON EXHiESAN
>
>Can the hINA clause function as identifying the
>contents of ENTOLHN?
Yes. The fact is that one of the more interesting developments in
Hellenistic Greek is that of hINA + subjunctive substantive clauses that
can often be translated with infinitives: "orders to come to him
posthaste." This is the forerunner of the Modern Greek infinitive in NA +
pres/aor. subjunctive. One might argue that hINA hWS TACISTA ELQWSIN PROS
AUTON functions as an appositive to ENTOLHN.
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Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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