Re: 2Chr 6:19,Ps.101:18 ἐπιβλέπειν ἐπὶ τὴν προσευχὴν ...
Posted: December 18th, 2015, 9:09 am
No.Stephen Hughes wrote:Ken, are you choosing an example with ἐπιβλέπειν collocated with a place significantly?
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No.Stephen Hughes wrote:Ken, are you choosing an example with ἐπιβλέπειν collocated with a place significantly?
That would just boil down to how a person uses a word.Stephen Hughes wrote:I see.
There is a certain incongruity between our usually translating it as prayer, and it meaning "synagogue" in Jewish papyri. Is there an explanation for that?
Does προσευχή refer more to the "act of praying", or to the "content of the prayer".S Walch wrote:προσ-ευχή is pretty much the translational equivalent for the Hebrew תפִלה, which is mostly translated as "prayer", however I think that "plea" or "request" should be used more frequently than they are. "Request" makes a lot of sense for 2 Chron 6:19 and Psalm 101:18 (102:17 Heb), which would remove the supplication/thanksgiving/adoration/confession thoughts which usually come to mind in the modern use of "prayer".
So "consider the request" or "give heed to the request" would be my choice of translation for the above verses.
I'm afraid you're asking a question that is out of my area of expertise. However I do recall reading an article online that talked about a carved stone block found in an old Synagogue that had the Herodian Temple on it ...Stephen Hughes wrote:By way of a casual observation, the religious landscape of the OT seems to centre around the tabernacle then the temple. In the New Testament we find Jesus in the Temple and synagogues. Are synagogues a new concept that needed a word?
It could be regional usage as well that funneled down into everyday speech. Wouldn't have much of an argument against that.Could the use you've just explained as a development over time also be explained as a regional usage? Why not?
Not 100% on this one, but looking through the uses in the LXX and Hebrew Tanakh for προσευχη/תפלה, it is the content of the prayer rather than the act that is in view.Does προσευχή refer more to the "act of praying", or to the "content of the prayer".