From: Edgar M. Krentz (emkrentz@mcs.com)
Date: Fri Oct 15 1999 - 18:58:20 EDT
> Michael Steinman's query was timely for me; I was just puzzling over a
>different instance of the articular infinitive in the genitive. 1 Clement
>13:1 gives a somewhat garbled citation of Jer 9:23-24 and / or 1 Sam 2:10
>(cf. 1 Cor. 1:31; 2 Cor. 10:17), LXX:
>
>... ALL' hO KAUXWMENOS EN KURIW KAUXASQW, TOU EKZHTEIN AUTON KAI POIEIN
>KRIMA KAI DIKAIOSUNHN.
>
> Here it doesn't seem to be expressing "purpose." Any suggestions?
>
>-- Bart Ehrman
> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Why can it not express purpose: "Let him boast in the Lord, to see him and
does judgment and justice."
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