A Syntactical Note on the Dative tw~| ko&smw| in James 2:5
The objective of this brief note is to propose that the dative tw~| ko&smw| in James 2,5 (o9 qeo\j e)cele/cato tou_j ptwxou_j tw~| ko&smw| ) should be read as a dative of means of the causal type (“God chose those who are poor on account/because of this world”). This is a reading that goes a...
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2004
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Filología neotestamentaria
Year: 2004, Volume: 17, Pages: 99-104 |
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| Summary: | The objective of this brief note is to propose that the dative tw~| ko&smw| in James 2,5 (o9 qeo\j e)cele/cato tou_j ptwxou_j tw~| ko&smw| ) should be read as a dative of means of the causal type (“God chose those who are poor on account/because of this world”). This is a reading that goes against the rendering of the majority of exegetes who interpret this dative to be either one of the following: a dativus commodi, dativus incommodi, a dative of reference or a dativus iudicantis. |
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| ISSN: | 0214-2996 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Filología neotestamentaria
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