Preposition εἰς and the Rivality of Prepositions in John’s Gospel Cover Image

Predložka εἰς a zámena predložiek v Jánovom evanjeliu
Preposition εἰς and the Rivality of Prepositions in John’s Gospel

Author(s): Juraj Feník, Róbert Lapko
Subject(s): Lexis, Semantics, Biblical studies, Hermeneutics, Translation Studies
Published by: Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Gospel of John; Greek; Preposition; Translation;

Summary/Abstract: The author of John appears not to have been completely immune from confusing prepositions, a linguistic fact demonstrated in this essay. The argument developed here points up several instances in which the preposition εἰς replaces other prepositions. In several texts, for instance in chapter 20, such confusion has no bearing on the translation, but at least in the case of John 4:5 the phenomenon of the rivality of prepositions must be heeded and the translation adjusted in the light of this discovery.

  • Issue Year: 53/2018
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 20-24
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Slovak