From: Jonathan Robie (jwrobie@mindspring.com)
Date: Mon Jan 07 2002 - 12:07:13 EST
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At 10:26 AM 1/7/2002 -0600, Carl W. Conrad wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>What's odd in Greek but fairly<br>
standard in Hebrew is the double possessive reference of THi NWEMIN and<br>
AUTHS.</blockquote><br>
This is extremely helpful. I was trying to establish two relationships, one between NWEMIN and the ANHR (THi NWEMIN ANHR), and another between NWEMIN and her husband (GNWRIMOS TWi ANDRI AUTHS).<br><br>
If I understand you correctly, no direct relationship between NWEMIN and the ANHR is stated or implied, except that her husband knew him, right? For instance, this is *not* saying something along the lines of, "and there was a man whose relationship to Naomi was that she was an acquaintance of her husband", it is just saying, "and there was a man was an acquaintance of Naomi's husband"?<br><br>
In the Ruth 2:1 text, Naomi seems to be emphasized in this first clause, with the emphasis shifting to the man in the second clause (hO DE ANHR...). I can't think quite how to express that either in English or by modifying your more conventional Greek phrasing of this, though ;-><br><br>
Jonathan<br>
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