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- June 4th, 2011, 6:38 pm
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Matthew 5:3a
- Replies: 24
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Re: Matthew 5:3a
So, Oun, to put it a little more succinctly, "Blessed in spirit are the poor"? Interesting take. So τῷ πνεύματι would modify μακάριοι rather than οἱ πτωχοὶ? One problem with that would be that the beatitudes are formulaic. So if you want to be consistent, and if you want τῷ πνεύματι to mo...
- June 4th, 2011, 3:31 pm
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Matthew 5:3a
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13530
Re: Matthew 5:3a
This is my reading of 5:3a MAKARIOI hOI PTWCOI TWi PNEUMATI, Blessed are the ones [with life] in poverty! — [yes, how blessed] as to the spirit [of their mind] ; (with italics in brackets for expansion.) PTWCOI as 'financially poor' by Nyland may not be incorrect but over-kill with too much in techn...
- June 4th, 2011, 2:16 pm
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Mt 1:19 AUTHN object or subject
- Replies: 10
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Re: Mt 1:19 AUTHN objcet or subject
There are two problems for me to solve. One is lexical one - the meaning of the verb PARADEIGMATISAI. The other is syntax (word order) in Greek, which I like to solve first, though the answer to the first question may have bearing on the other. If you let me bring up an example in English: He wants ...
- June 3rd, 2011, 6:57 pm
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Mt 1:19 AUTHN object or subject
- Replies: 10
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Re: Mt 1:19 AUTHN objcet or subject
AUTHN as an object, yes, it would be the one for the verb PARADEIGMATISAI rather than QELWN (I was looking the sentence as if it were in English). After reading the book review article mentioned in the reference, it dawned to me that it was not much about disgrace to herself. (Once the marriage pled...
- June 3rd, 2011, 4:51 pm
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Mt 1:19 AUTHN object or subject
- Replies: 10
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Mt 1:19 AUTHN object or subject
This is my first posting on the B-Greek forum - I hope everything goes right and I behave well on this route. Good-bye to B-Greek e-mailing ;-< Mt 1:19 Ἰωσὴφ δὲ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς, δίκαιος ὢν καὶ μὴ θέλων αὐτὴν [παρα]δειγματίσαι, ἐβουλήθη λάθρᾳ ἀπολῦσαι αὐτήν. Regarding MH QELWN AUTHN PARADEIGMATISAI, mos...