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Mark 4:3; a sower/the sower
- To: b-greek@virginia.edu
- Subject: Mark 4:3; a sower/the sower
- From: dmills@creighton.edu
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 16:11:45 -0500 (CDT)
- Reply-To: dmills@creighton.edu
Isn't this the generic use of the article where an individual is cited as
typical of his class? BAG offers hO OIKODESPOTHS in the parables as an
example of the generic use of the article. If this is a generic use, then
what "the sower" does is typical of what all sowers do, and "a sower" in
English is quite appropriate. Similarly, NASB translates "the bishop" in
I Tim. 3:2 as "a bishop."
David R. Mills
ESL Instructor
Creighton University
dmills@creighton.edu