From: Carlton Winbery (winberyc@popalex1.linknet.net)
Date: Mon Aug 02 1999 - 15:42:59 EDT
>How is the nominative DIDASKALOS functioning in John 3:2?
>
>RABBI, OIDAMEN hOTI APO QEOU ELHLUQAS DIDASKALOS
>
>Rick Creighton.
>
>Richard.Creighton@moore.edu.au
>
Richard, I read both Carl's and Kevin's answer to this and they make good
sense, but I like to take a simpler route that produces the same result. I
like to see DIDASKALOS as in apposition to the subject of the verb
ELHLUQAS. A noun (or implied noun or pronoun) in any case can have another
noun (or noun substitute) in the same case in apposition. Hence, "We know
that you, a teacher, have come from God." It's like we do in English when
we say "this is my brother, Joe."
Dr. Carlton L. Winbery
Foggleman Professor of Religion
Louisiana College
winbery@andria.lacollege.edu
winberyc@popalex1.linknet.net
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