From: Mark Wilson (emory2oo2@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jan 23 2001 - 15:36:16 EST
<x-flowed>
Charles:
You wrote:
---------
>Any thoughts on the use of the genitive THS KTISEWS in Rev 3:14 (hH ARCH
>THS
>KTISEWS TOU QEOU)? Possibly objective, He begins God's creation? This could
>significantly affect the way we interpret hH ARCH.
--------
I notice you give THS KTISEWS a verbal idea (he begins) in your question. hH
ARCH as "begin" or "beginning" when used of an individual seems odd to me. I
guess I see this as simply: the ruler of God's creation. (How about for hH
ARCH we translate it "the initiator" of God's creation.)
And yet, do we ever find the concept of "coming into being" (as in "being
born") when KTISEWS is used in relation to A SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL, as opposed
to creation in general?
My thoughts/question,
Mark Wilson
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
---
B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek
You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com]
To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu
To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu
</x-flowed>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Sat Apr 20 2002 - 15:36:48 EDT