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Term: contrafactual wishes in Inga (Romans 11:14)

contrafactual wishes in Inga (Romans 11:14)

Inga uses the word Amalai (“Oh that it were . . .!”) to express a contrafactual wish. It is used in Romans 11:14: “Oh that it were that I might somehow arouse . . . ” (Source: S. Levinsohn in Journal of Translation 18/2022, p. 67ff. )

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