[B-Greek] Joel 3:1-2 (LXX) & Acts 2:17-18 - Why EKCEW APO TOU PNEUMATOS MOU instead of EKCEW TO PNEUMA MOU?

Albert Pietersma albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Sun May 9 22:27:33 EDT 2010


On May 9, 2010, at 9:56 PM, Eric S. Weiss wrote:

> That suggests to me that the LXX translators engaged in a bit of  
> interpretation.
>
> Maybe for something like the "remoteness" reason Mark L. suggested?
>
> I.e., they wanted to take a bit of a step away from the idea that it  
> would in fact
> be God's Spirit - period - that He would pour out on His people, so  
> they added
> the qualifying "some of"?
I would suggest that the so-called partitive genitive not be  
interpreted too narrowly. Of interest is certainly the long list of  
uses Smyth groups under the heading of "partitive genitive" (§§  
1341-1371). As I see it, the point the LXX underscores is simply that  
God, rather than giving away his spirit, is making humans to share in  
it. While the Hebrew may be less explicit than the Greek, its sense  
would seem to be the same.
Al P.
>
> - - -
> Eric S. Weiss
>
> From: Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
>
> Conybeare and Stock's little Grammar of LXX Greek,  §92. ἀπό. a.  
> ἀπό  [APO] in the
> LXX is often little more than a sign of the genitive, like our  
> English ‘of,’ provided that
> the genitive be partitive.
>
> That suggests that the LXX translator had the sense in mind, "some  
> of my spirit."
> See also BDAG: s.v. APO 1.f as a substitute for the partitive gen.
> ... ἐκχεῶ ἀ. τοῦ πνεύματός μου [EKCEW APO  
> TOU PNEUMATOS MOU] Ac 2:17f (Jo 3:1f).
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
>
>
>
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