THE USE OF THE OPTATIVE IN LUKE-ACTS: GRAMMATICAL CLASSIFICATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSLATION

In view of the restricted use of the optative since the time of Homer and especially in the New Testament (68 occurrences in all), the article addresses the question: What is the central, most elementary feature of qualification by which the optative can be characterised? After discussing the variou...

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Main Author: Plooy, Gerhard P. V. Du (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 1986
In: Scriptura
Year: 1986, Volume: 19, Pages: 25-43
Further subjects:B Qualitative time
B Optative
B Homer
B Luke-Acts
B New Testament
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