Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>]

Dear Clay,

> Waltke/O'Connor seem a little embarrassed about proceeding to level of
> semantic classification for the Genitive which they call "a traditional
> classification of species" (Waltke/O'Connor BH Syntax 9.4.b p141). But they
> go ahead and do it even though you get the feeling that they know better.
>
> The move from syntax categories like adnominal genitives to semantic
> categories like genitive of authorship (9.5.1.c) is precisely the kind of
> move that has in the last decade produced several Greek grammars of dubious
> merit.
>
> D.Blakemore* at the end of her chapter on "Enrichment" raises the issue of
> the semantic properties of the genitive in a way which suggests that what
> Waltke/O'Connor call "a traditional classification of species" is in fact
> something to be embarrassed about.

HH: So what does she say that throws these categories into doubt?