use of η to refute an argument?
Posted: January 5th, 2016, 7:49 pm
Recently encountered a take on 1 Corinthians 14:34-36 I had not yet seen, citing a word meaning I've never heard of"
Is anyone familiar with this, or is this guy talking out of his hat?Paul REFUTES the Jewish quotation in I Corinthians 14:34-35 twice in the very next verse (v. 36) by using the Greek letter eta.
The Greek eta has two possible markings that cause it to be translated with either the English word "or," or with the English equivalent of what we mean when we make a sound with our mouths like "PFFFFFFFFFFFFT!" This means "That's ridiculous!" or "Are you kidding me?" or "Nonsense!" This latter meaning, in my opinion, is precisely what Paul is saying (twice) in I Corinthians 14:36. In response to the Jewish quotation he has just given in I Corinthians 14:35-36 Paul writes a Greek eta to elicit a sound from the reader "PFFFFFFFFT!" which is best translated "Nonsense!"