[B-Greek] Luke 1:4 PERI hWN KATHCHQHS LOGWN THN ASFALEIAN

Ken Penner ken.penner at acadiau.ca
Fri Mar 9 10:45:38 EST 2007


Would it be clearer if the word order was as follows? 
hINA EPIGNWiS THN ASFALEIAN LOGWN PERI hWN KATHCHQHS

Ken

Ken M. Penner, Ph.D. (McMaster)
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> I'm almost convinced that I've conquered this sentence:
> 
> 01 EPEIDHPER POLLOI EPECEIRHSAN ANATAXASQAI DIHGHSIN PERI TWN 
> PEPLHROFORHMENWN EN hHMIN PRAGMATWN, 02 KAQWS PAREDOSAN hHMIN 
> hOI AP ARCHS AUTOPTAI KAI hUPHRETAI GENOMENOI TOU LOGOU, 03 
> EDOXE KAMOI PARHKOLOUQHKOTI ANWQEN PASIN AKRIBWS KAQEXHS SOI 
> GRAYAI, KRATISTE QEOFILE, 04 hINA EPIGNWiS PERI hWN KATHCHQHS 
> LOGWN THN ASFALEIAN.
> 
> Except for the last phrase:  PERI hWN KATHCHQHS LOGWN THN ASFALEIAN. 
> Does THN ASFALEAN modify LOGWN, as I had assumed? Most 
> translations don't seem to think so - they say something like 
> "so that you can know with certainty", and I assume the 
> certainty comes from ASFALEAN. But how can ASFALEAN modify EPIGNWiS?


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