Re: PISTIS CRISTOU (was PISTOU CHRISTOU KTL)

Mike Luper (mluper@csufresno.edu)
Thu, 27 Mar 1997 08:52:09 -0800

Carl W. Conrad wrote:
>
> At 7:48 AM -0600 3/27/97, Mike Luper wrote:
> >Tim Baker wrote:
> >>
> >> I am working on a paper on the pistou christou formulation found in
> >
> >Three recent commentaries have come out in support of reading Paul's
> >PISTOU CHRISTOU formulation as an objective genitive.
>
> I hate to throw a wet, pedantic blanket over this serious matter, but I do
> wish the subject-header could be amended to PISTIS CRISTOU, inasmuch as
> PISTOU CRISTOU is neither a subjective genitive nor an objective genitive
> but a plain old garden-variety genitive without a referent to point to.
>
> Carl W. Conrad
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Carl,

Point well taken. It was quite early this morning when I responded and I
guess the old mind wasn't quite awake when I used PISTOU CHRISTOU from
the original post.

With Apologies,

Mike Luper

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Michael Luper M.B. Biblical Seminary mluper@csufresno.edu Adj. Faculty, New Testament http://lennon.pub.csufresno.edu/~mdl18/