>>>Dear Randy,
I was not denying the possibility of your translation (as far as
Greek grammar is concerned), but I do not think it fits the Semitic
pattern of construct-genitive chains. Can you show me an example from
the Hebrew Bible that parallels Eph.1?
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I'll have to work on this. The 3-member phrases, the last being a
possessive pronoun, are not hard to find, as I think you know, so I
assume you're talking about a 4-member phrase. I'm not terribly
optimistic about finding a precise Hebrew parallel, but I'd like to
try.
James Vellenga posted what he called a "counterorthodox" theory that
strikes me as meriting consideration. Still, as I mentioned in a
previous post today, the more I consider the issue, the less certain
I am that dissecting the phrases into finely-distinguished concepts
is the way to go, and that perhaps most of my own previous posts on
the subject were, in reality, off the mark.
Now off to class.
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In Love to God and Neighbor,
Randy Leedy
Bob Jones University
Greenville, SC
RLeedy@wpo.bju.edu
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