[B-Greek] AUTOU in Jo 9:6
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Fri Mar 18 11:01:49 EDT 2011
On Mar 18, 2011, at 9:12 AM, Wieland Willker wrote:
>> EPECRISEN MOU TOUS OFQALMOUS
>
> Isn't there a difference to say
>
> a) spread it me on the eyes
> or
> b) spread it on my eyes?
Yes, there certainly is -- in English -- or in German.
But I would want to see considerably more evidence to
accept that MOU in these two verses (John 9:6, 11) is
intended to have a dative function.
Here are just a few instances of the first-person singular genitive personal pronoun preceding its head noun:
Matt. 7:24 PAS OUN hOSTIS AKOUEI MOU TOUS LOGOUS TOUTOUS …
Matt. 7:26 KAI PAS hO AKOUWN MOU TOUS LOGOUS TOUTOUS …
Matt. 8:8 OUK EIMI hIKANOS hINA MOU hUPO THN STEGHN EISELQHiS
Matt. 17:15 KAI LEGWN· KURIE, ELEHSON MOU TON hUION,
Matt. 24:48 CRONIZEI MOU hO KURIOS
Mark 5:30 K TIS MOU hHYATO TWN hIMATIWN;
Mark 9:24 PISTEUW· BOHQEI MOU THi APISTIAi.
To be sure, it is more common for the genitive pronoun to follow its head noun,
but it quite frequently precedes it and even may be separated from it, as in Mt 8:8
and Mk 5:30.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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