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Occupy SBL Slogans

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 5:21 pm
by Jonathan Robie
What slogans do you think Occupy SBL should use?

This one comes to mind ...
ἐσμεν τὰ ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα πρόβατα

Re: Occupy SBL Slogans

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 6:05 pm
by Mark Lightman
What slogans do you think Occupy SBL should use?
Hi, Jonathan,

1. οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἀντὶ τῶν προφητῶν. (people over profits.)
2. δυνάμεθα μὲν οὖν ἐν τῷ ἐνδυναμοῦντι ἡμᾶς. (Yes, we can!)
3. The τί Party.


:D

Re: Occupy SBL Slogans

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 6:25 pm
by Jonathan Robie
Mark Lightman wrote:1. οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἀντὶ τῶν προφητῶν. (people over profits.)
2. δυνάμεθα μὲν οὖν ἐν τῷ ἐνδυναμοῦντι ἡμᾶς. (Yes, we can!)
3. The τί Party.
Cute! (But shouldn't #2 be simply "ναί, δυνάμεθα"?)

Re: Occupy SBL Slogans

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 6:46 pm
by Mark Lightman
Cute! (But shouldn't #2 be simply "ναί, δυνάμεθα"?)
Yes, that works fine. The rest of it is an allusion to one of my favorite verses, Phil 4:13

πάντα ἰσχύω ἐν τῷ ἐνδυναμοῦντι με.

Which I would paraphrase
Yes, HE can!

Re: Occupy SBL Slogans

Posted: December 1st, 2011, 2:35 am
by NathanSmith
ο πας κοσμος γρηγορει

I know I am a bit late for SBL suggestions. . . ;-)

Re: Occupy SBL Slogans

Posted: December 2nd, 2011, 5:33 am
by David Lim
NathanSmith wrote:ο πας κοσμος γρηγορει

I know I am a bit late for SBL suggestions. . . ;-)
"πας" cannot be in that position right? And would "ολος" be a more suitable choice? ;)

Re: Occupy SBL Slogans

Posted: December 2nd, 2011, 6:15 am
by cwconrad
David Lim wrote:
NathanSmith wrote:ο πας κοσμος γρηγορει

I know I am a bit late for SBL suggestions. . . ;-)
"πας" cannot be in that position right? And would "ολος" be a more suitable choice? ;)
I could be wrong, but I think that σκήνη πᾶς ὁ βίος was a Greek adage before Shakespeare reforumulated it as "All the world's a stage." I think that πᾶς ὄ κόσμος is a reasonable Greek expression. Cf. Rom 3:19 and Col 1:6.

Re: Occupy SBL Slogans

Posted: December 2nd, 2011, 9:52 am
by NathanSmith
Thanks for the help. I being a typical Bible college and seminary student did not get a lot of practice in composition.

Re: Occupy SBL Slogans

Posted: December 2nd, 2011, 9:56 pm
by Mark Lightman
μὴ πίστευε τοῖς ὑπὲρ τὰ τριάκοντα ἔτη.

Re: Occupy SBL Slogans

Posted: December 4th, 2011, 10:26 am
by cwconrad
Mark Lightman wrote:μὴ πίστευε τοῖς ὑπὲρ τὰ τριάκοντα ἔτη.
Unless I'm mistaken (as I may well be), this would refer to people less than thirty years old. I think that with reference to time, ὑπέρ means "farther back than ... " I'm ready to be corrected on this.