From: Jim West (jwest@highland.net)
Date: Sun Jan 11 1998 - 23:02:35 EST
At 01:57 AM 1/12/98, you wrote:
>
> Jeremy:
>
> Second thoughts: the genitive in Greek also comprises the Locative, the
> case of location at a place. Hence DIA PISTEWS IHSOU CRISTOU could well
> be interprested "through faith IN Jesus Christ". That is the way JA Bengel
> takes it in his renowned /Gnomon Novi Testamenti/.
The genitive as locative? sounds to me like a theological stretch to cover
an uncomfortable passage. (with all due respect to the good Bengel).
>
> Sola Dei Gratia,
>--
> Revd Ben Crick, BA CF
>
Jim
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