L’infinito con articolo al genitivo nel Nuovo Testamento

The recurrence of the articular genitive infinitive (τοῦ + the infinitive) in the texts of the New Testament is above all due to the influence of the Lxx. This dependence is also reflected in the values that such a construction assumes from time to time in different contexts. The cases collected in the BDR § 400 where the proposed analysis of the construction τοῦ + the infinitive at times appears to fluctuate, are discussed in this article. The impression is given that one value is the same as another and that in the end the alternatives transmit the same message, neglecting possible and essential nuances that might differentiate one value from another in its context. Rather it seems necessary that the value the construction assumes in the different contexts be clarified, avoiding as much as possible the overlapping of values that in reality are alternative.