[B-Greek] EN TW CRISTW in 1 Cor 15:22

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Fri Mar 25 11:12:01 EDT 2011


On Mar 25, 2011, at 10:52 AM, Carol & David Weiner wrote:

> 1 Cor. 15:22 EN TW ADAM PANTES APOQNHSKOUSIN OUTWS KAI EN TW CRISTW PANTES ZWOPOINQHSONTAI
> 
> Is there a grammatical argument for why EN TW ADAM or EN TW CRISTW are either adjectival or adverbial in 1 Cor. 15:22?

Ordinarily a prepositional phrase like this is adverbial unless it is within an articular nominal phrase (e.g. if it were PANTES hOI EN TWi CRISTWi).

On the other hand, some say that that's a principle of Classical Attic that doesn't necessarily apply to the Hellenistic Koine. There's been lively discussion over the phrase EK PISTEWS cited by Paul in Rom 1:17 hO DE DIKAIOS EK PISTEWS ZHSETAI should construe with hO DIKAIOS (adjectivally) or with ZHSETAI (adverbially).

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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