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by Stephen Carlson
November 27th, 2012, 6:51 am
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Aspectual interpretation of ἐβουλήθη in Matt 1:19?
Replies: 7
Views: 4143

Re: Aspectual interpretation of ἐβουλήθη in Matt 1:19?

That's very helpful, Iver. I wonder if one can look at it a slightly different way as "to decide" is the ingressive of "to intend", in that if you begin to intend doing something, you have decided to do it.
by Stephen Carlson
November 26th, 2012, 6:06 pm
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Aspectual interpretation of ἐβουλήθη in Matt 1:19?
Replies: 7
Views: 4143

Re: Aspectual interpretation of ἐβουλήθη in Matt 1:19?

The aorist has an easy explanation if LSJ is correct: "take counsel, deliberate, in past tenses, determine or resolve after deliberation"... "3. c. inf., take counsel, resolve to do". So, he had made up his mind. But would it differ at all from an imperfect if "in past tens...
by Stephen Carlson
November 26th, 2012, 9:57 am
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Aspectual interpretation of ἐβουλήθη in Matt 1:19?
Replies: 7
Views: 4143

Aspectual interpretation of ἐβουλήθη in Matt 1:19?

Matt 1:19 wrote:Ἰωσὴφ δὲ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς, δίκαιος ὢν καὶ μὴ θέλων αὐτὴν δειγματίσαι, ἐβουλήθη λάθρᾳ ἀπολῦσαι αὐτήν.
What is the interpretation of this aorist ἐβουλήθη in Matt 1:19? How would its meaning or function differ from an imperfect ἐβούλετο?
by Stephen Carlson
November 24th, 2012, 10:10 pm
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: υδροβαϕη ενωσιν
Replies: 5
Views: 2238

Re: υδροβαϕη ενωσιν

OK I see from your edit, that it was metaphorical, meaning that the proposed union of theological views was "dipped in water," as opposed to "in bronze." So this is the force of the metaphor. Did you mention bronze (χαλκός) because of its pun with Chalcedon? There's a term from ...
by Stephen Carlson
November 24th, 2012, 9:01 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: To or about?
Replies: 38
Views: 5017

Re: To or about?

Another indication that Ἠλίᾳ does not name a writing is that the word provides a personal subject for ὡς ἐντυγχάνει τῷ θεῷ κατὰ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ in Rom 11:2 and a personal antecedent for αὐτῷ in v.4 ἀλλὰ τί λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ χρηματισμός; I haven't looked in detail, but I suspect we'd find lots of instances in...
by Stephen Carlson
November 24th, 2012, 8:51 pm
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: υδροβαϕη ενωσιν
Replies: 5
Views: 2238

Re: υδροβαϕη ενωσιν

The relevant passage from Theophanes is: Γεωργίου δὲ τοῦ Ἀλεξανδρείας τελευτήσαντος, ἀποστέλλεται Κῦρος ἐπίσκοπος Ἀλεξανδρείας, καὶ ἑνωθεὶς Θεοδώρῳ, τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ τῆς Φαράν, ἐποίησε τὴν ὑδροβαφῆ ἐκείνην ἕνωσιν , μίαν καὶ αὐτοὶ γράψαντες ἐν Χριστῷ φυσικὴν ἐνέργειαν. This seems to be based on a similiar...
by Stephen Carlson
November 24th, 2012, 5:19 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: To or about?
Replies: 38
Views: 5017

Re: To or about?

To make ἐν Ἠλίᾳ fit the sense, however, Danker has to reformulate it by supplying the words "in the passage of". I find it interesting that, as late as Middle English, no such reformulation was felt necessary: it was still possible to write "the scripture seith in Elie" (the Wyc...
by Stephen Carlson
November 24th, 2012, 8:59 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: 1 Pet 4:2 re Adjectival Use of Prepositional Phrases
Replies: 13
Views: 3416

Re: Adjectival Use of Prepositional Phrases

1 Peter 4 [...] 2 εἰς τὸ μηκέτι ἀνθρώπων ἐπιθυμίαις ἀλλὰ θελήματι θεοῦ τὸν ἐπίλοιπον ἐν σαρκὶ βιῶσαι χρόνον. I didn't read it the way Jason read it. "ἐν σαρκὶ" can modify "χρόνον" adjectivally, and the noun phrase would be "τὸν ἐπίλοιπον ἐν σαρκὶ χρόνον" / "the re...
by Stephen Carlson
November 24th, 2012, 8:42 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Romans 9:5
Replies: 11
Views: 3713

Re: Romans 9:5

As I was reading from my Greek NT, I came across the following clause in Romans 9:5 ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, ἀμήν. Exactly what is θεὸς syntactical function here? Is it appositive? Or is it functioning as the predicate? As Cranfield's commentary points out (cited in this thre...
by Stephen Carlson
November 24th, 2012, 8:39 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: To or about?
Replies: 38
Views: 5017

Re: To or about?

Here I very much doubt whether ἐν τῇ Νεκυίᾳ could be read as "with regard to the Nekuia" (Orion, not the Nekuia, is the topic in the spotlight). LSJ gives one sense of νέκυια as "name for the eleventh Book of the Odyssey, D.S.4.39, Plu. 2.740e." I see this usage as comparable wh...

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