Re: What does (feminine) TH refer to in Romans 5:15?

Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Wed, 3 Jun 1998 17:05:56 -0400

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At 4:12 PM -0400 6/03/98, Bill Ross wrote:
>TH TOU ENOS ANQRWPOU
>
>translated
>
>"by the one man"
>
>Is TH the article of something?
>Is it proper to use it standing alone as "by", with no feminine noun
>associated with it?
>Wouldn't "to" or "in" be better, since it is dative?

I don't read TH TOU ENOS ANQRWPOU in Rom 5:15; rather I read TWi TOU hENOS
PARAPTWMATI; TWi is the article, it construes with PARAPTWMATI, which is
also dative; hENOS ANQRWPOU is genitive depending on PARAPTWMATI: 'by the
sin of one man.'

Carl W. Conrad
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