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ἔχειν πίστιν in Hellenistic Greek and its Contribution to the πίστις Χριστοῦ Debate

Cirafesi, Wally V. LU (2012) In Biblical and Ancient Greek Linguistics 1. p.5-37
Abstract
This article argues that the construction ἔχειν πίστιν in Hellenistic Greek is a nominalized ideational metaphor that is semantically related to the finite verb πιστεύειν. Therefore, when the construction possesses a genitive modifier, the function of the genitive is disambiguated as denoting the object of πίστιν. This understanding of ἔχειν πίστιν + the genitive has significant implications for interpreting the construction in Mark 11:22, Jas 2:1, and Hippolytus‘s De Antichristo 61:26.
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Hellenistic Greek, New testament exegesis, systemic functional linguistics, grammatical metaphor
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Biblical and Ancient Greek Linguistics
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32 pages
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Pickwick Publications
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2766-631X
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English
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  publisher    = {{Pickwick Publications}},
  series       = {{Biblical and Ancient Greek Linguistics}},
  title        = {{ἔχειν πίστιν in Hellenistic Greek and its Contribution to the πίστις Χριστοῦ Debate}},
  url          = {{http://bagl.org/files/volume1/BAGL1-1_Cirafesi.pdf}},
  volume       = {{1}},
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