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objective genitive

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objective genitive
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(Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar a use of the genitive case to express an objective relationship, as in Latin timor mortis (fear of death)


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1-19) James Dunn argues against Hays' interpretation of "the faith of Jesus," arguing for the objective genitive, "faith in Jesus.
In objects or objective genitive phrases the elements were naturally placed side by side, so that here position cannot be used as evidence for the unity of the phrase, examples (12-14).
The issue hinges on a wealth of theological questions but especially on the ambiguity of the prepositions involved: whether the preposition is subjective genitive (in) or objective genitive (of).
 
 
 
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