[b-greek] Re: Phil 1.7

From: Christian Cryder (christianc@granitepeaks.com)
Date: Fri Feb 09 2001 - 11:15:46 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.

I talked with Jeff and he is going to try and get me a copy. I'll see if
there's a way I can repost it...

Christian
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-b-greek-126366@franklin.oit.unc.edu
> [mailto:bounce-b-greek-126366@franklin.oit.unc.edu]On Behalf Of Iver
> Larsen
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 9:45 PM
> To: Biblical Greek
> Subject: [b-greek] Re: Phil 1.7
>
>
> > 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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