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Re: Mark 4-3- a sower/the so

<J.D.F.=van=Halsema%BW_KG%TheoFilos@esau.th.vu.nl>

Mail*Link(r) Remote           RE>Mark 4:3: a sower/the sower?
I would say that since the definite article is there that 
it should be translated as "the sower went out to sow."
NASB, Young's literal, among possibly other good translations
tranlates it "the sower went out to sow."
Thanks, Lance

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Date: 6/16/97 12:42 PM
To: Lance Crimm
From: J.D.F.=van=Halsema%BW_KG%TheoF
In Mark 4:3 (parr) it says:

"EXHLQEN O SPEIRWN SPEIRAI"

Question: how can I be sure this has to be translated by "a sower went out to 
sow" (RSV). What about: "the sower went out to sow"?
If the second possibility is incorrect I would like to know in which way I 
can put that into Greek.                            

Of course this has exegetical implications. If it is "a sower" we are dealing 
with a "Gleichnis" (Bultmann): something that can be repeated several times.
If we translate "the sower", we are dealing with a parabel (Bultmann): a 
unique event occurring only once.

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