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by Barry Hofstetter
December 7th, 2021, 3:29 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: ὃ οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλο (Gal 1:7)
Replies: 9
Views: 1545

Re: ὃ οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλο (Gal 1:7)

""Ετερον is an adjective, but ἄλλο is a pronoun as their morphology makes clear since adjectives have a final ν in the neuter nominative/accusative singular while pronouns do not." (Troy W. Martin, The syntax of surprise, irony, or shifting of blame in Gal 1:6-7, Biblical Research , ...
by Barry Hofstetter
December 3rd, 2021, 1:13 pm
Forum: Beginners Forum
Topic: Grammar of relative clause in Romans 1:27
Replies: 6
Views: 2411

Re: Grammar of relative clause in Romans 1:27

τὴν ἀντιμισθίαν is the antecedent, and it is accusative. ἣν is also accusative because ἣν refers to τὴν ἀντιμισθίαν, therefore the cases agree. Literally, "the payment which is necessary". Well, the relative pronoun agrees with it's antecedent in number and gender, but derives its case fr...
by Barry Hofstetter
December 2nd, 2021, 1:36 pm
Forum: Grammar Questions
Topic: Middle Verb/Deponent Verb Parsing
Replies: 12
Views: 6090

Re: Middle Verb/Deponent Verb Parsing

Thank you for your reply. I was more thinking along the lines of what is the most common way of reffering to them, not what they mean. I.e., do people most often call them deponent verbs, middle verbs, or deponent middle verbs. I.e., if I am looking at a parsing of a word in a book, which one of th...
by Barry Hofstetter
December 1st, 2021, 3:40 pm
Forum: Grammar Questions
Topic: How to know when your seeing a Greek Grammar Rule
Replies: 8
Views: 3884

Re: How to know when your seeing a Greek Grammar Rule

And FWIW, you may well forget the names of the rules but still internalize them. Lots of reading in Greek is more important than memorizing all the rules. Which raises an important question for a beginner. Is there an alternative path to language competence which bypasses the rule learning activity...
by Barry Hofstetter
November 30th, 2021, 2:23 pm
Forum: Grammar Questions
Topic: How to know when your seeing a Greek Grammar Rule
Replies: 8
Views: 3884

Re: How to know when your seeing a Greek Grammar Rule

Build in a review cycle. Let's say for example that you are in chapter 5. quick review chapter's 1-4 (say 5 minutes, no more than 10) before you start your work on chapter 5. Do this every time you sit to work on the current chapter. When you complete chapter 5 and start chapter 6, wash, rinse repea...
by Barry Hofstetter
November 26th, 2021, 8:37 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: The Use of the Article in Romans 15:16
Replies: 12
Views: 2831

Re: The Use of the Article in Romans 15:16

I suppose if you don’t like “emphasized” you can go with “salient,” but a rose by any other name… Contextually, we have a reference to another gospel in v.4 εὐαγγέλιον ἕτερον ὃ οὐκ ἐδέξασθε, so the true Gospel, that is the one that comes from God, in contrast to this other one, is salient and empha...
by Barry Hofstetter
November 25th, 2021, 7:52 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: The Use of the Article in Romans 15:16
Replies: 12
Views: 2831

Re: The Use of the Article in Romans 15:16

It’s a matter of emphasis. Putting the genitive before the noun (as long as the genitive is orthotonic, that is, not enclitic such as μου, σου, etc.) is supposed to emphasize the genitive more. I'm beginning to hate the word "emphasis" though I've used it myself on many an occasion. What ...
by Barry Hofstetter
November 24th, 2021, 10:03 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: The Use of the Article in Romans 15:16
Replies: 12
Views: 2831

Re: The Use of the Article in Romans 15:16

In looking at other places where Paul wrote "the Gospel of God" I find that phrase in 2 Corinthians 11:7: ἢ ἁμαρτίαν ἐποίησα ἐμαυτὸν ταπεινῶν ἵνα ὑμεῖς ὑψωθῆτε ὅτι δωρεὰν τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ εὐαγγέλιον εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν How does the sense of τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ εὐαγγέλιον in the letter to the Corinthian...
by Barry Hofstetter
November 12th, 2021, 9:51 am
Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
Topic: John 8:54 pronoun
Replies: 23
Views: 12300

Re: John 8:54 pronoun

Perhaps, but the claim that it is "simple" is basically a flex, in that that prolepsis is a bit weird and needs to be explained to students. The definition of prolepsis according to the Cambridge Grammar of Classical Greek: Topics of subordinate clauses which follow the matrix clause are ...
by Barry Hofstetter
November 11th, 2021, 4:52 pm
Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
Topic: John 8:54 pronoun
Replies: 23
Views: 12300

Re: John 8:54 pronoun

Stephen Carlson wrote: November 11th, 2021, 3:45 pm
It’s not a simple direct object. As far as I can tell. It’s proleptic for topicalization and the case assignment follows that. English prefers other devices for topicalization, including “of whom.”
Hmmm... I think we might be saying the same thing using different metalanguage.

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