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by Barry Hofstetter
June 8th, 2011, 10:18 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Staging a New Testament meal
Replies: 6
Views: 3790

Re: Staging a New Testament meal

And remember that at Passover everyone sat 'reclined' and had four cups of wine. It was a celebration of freedom and God's blessing, so the style of the meal was a rich banquet. But it wasn't a symposion. Right -- after posting that comment about benches and so forth, just today I was reading in Ma...
by Barry Hofstetter
June 8th, 2011, 1:25 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Mark 10:36 Τί θέλετέ [με] ποιήσω ὑμῖν;
Replies: 34
Views: 30677

Re: Mark 10:36 Τί θέλετέ [με] ποιήσω ὑμῖν;

I just wanted to point out that although the construction is strange, there is still no doubt what the text means. Non-native speakers of our primary language often do terrible things to it, but just as often we understand what they mean (while weighing the pros and cons of correcting the speaker). ...
by Barry Hofstetter
June 8th, 2011, 12:53 pm
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: Double Negatives (was John 14:30)
Replies: 19
Views: 6366

Re: Double Negatives (was John 14:30)

In mathematics a valid statement, for example "for all real x, x^2 >= 0", is either true or false (unless unprovable) . The negation of any statement always has opposite truth-value. In this example the statement is true and the negated (logically inverted) statement "not for all rea...
by Barry Hofstetter
June 7th, 2011, 8:32 pm
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: Double Negatives (was John 14:30)
Replies: 19
Views: 6366

Re: Double Negatives (was John 14:30)

However, on this whole idea of double negatives contained within the same clause, everyone is agreed that it serves as emphasis or confirmation of the negative. For example, Smyth, #2762: The negative of one clause is often repeated in the same or in another clause either for emphasis or because of...
by Barry Hofstetter
June 7th, 2011, 11:57 am
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: Please critique my theory of
Replies: 17
Views: 5802

Re: Please critique my theory of

Regarding 2 Cor 11:7 Ἢ ἁμαρτίαν ἐποίησα ἐμαυτὸν ταπεινῶν ἵνα ὑμεῖς ὑψωθῆτε, ὅτι δωρεὰν τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ εὐαγγέλιον εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν; This isn't the same as the above question. Here ἁμαρτίαν is the object of ἐποίησα (first-person) and ἐμαυτὸν is the object of ταπεινῶν. There are two different verbs wit...
by Barry Hofstetter
June 7th, 2011, 7:24 am
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: Double Negatives (was John 14:30)
Replies: 19
Views: 6366

Re: Double Negatives (was John 14:30)

I'll let Jason respond to the rest of your post, and I may have a comment or two later on, but let me ask here what difference you see in English meaning between your sentences? Notice there is no double negative here -- ουδεμία here simply modifies σκοτία, "and there is no darkness in him.&qu...
by Barry Hofstetter
June 7th, 2011, 12:09 am
Forum: Vocabulary
Topic: Basic Vocabulary
Replies: 3
Views: 2045

Re: Basic Vocabulary

There are plenty of published and online resources for NT vocabulary, if such lists are going to help you learn to read the Greek better. http://www.biblicalgreek.org/grammar/vocabulary.php http://ntresources.com/documents/elgkvoc.pdf Of course, Trenchard and Metzger for traditionally published mate...
by Barry Hofstetter
June 6th, 2011, 9:21 pm
Forum: Church Fathers and Patristic Greek Texts
Topic: Preparing for Patristic Greek
Replies: 15
Views: 9145

Re: Preparing for Patristic Greek

Thanks, all. James, I haven't decided where to start. I've dabbled with it before. I've read the Didache and some in the Apostolic Fathers. This Fall I'm starting as a research assistant in Villanova University's Augustinian Institute, so I'll be spending plenty of time in Latin. To complement my s...
by Barry Hofstetter
June 6th, 2011, 7:37 pm
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: Please critique my theory of
Replies: 17
Views: 5802

Re: Please critique my theory of

This, I believe, is fairly representative of how 2 Cor 5:21 is generally rendered: 2Co 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. For more samples, see: http://bible.cc/2_corinthians/5-21.htm My theory is that, rather than tak...
by Barry Hofstetter
June 6th, 2011, 12:22 pm
Forum: Seen on the Web
Topic: Reading Greek beyond the basics: Saturation style
Replies: 12
Views: 4642

Re: Reading Greek beyond the basics: Saturation style

Here is my system. It is very similar to what has already been posted, but I actually put it together for studying the Apostolic Fathers collection. Using it for the NT would only require ignoring a few of the smaller steps. I think that there is lots of excellent advice and examples in this discus...

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