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by timothy_p_mcmahon
March 14th, 2012, 1:06 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Romans 4:18 - παρ’ ἐλπίδα ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι
Replies: 9
Views: 2177

Re: Romans 4:18 - παρ’ ἐλπίδα ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι

I notice that most translations "seem to omit" παρα and render επι as "against". How come? I think you're misreading the translations. Good ol' KJV, for example, renders "Who against hope believed in hope" — 'against hope' being their treatment of παρ’ ἐλπίδα and 'in h...
by timothy_p_mcmahon
March 3rd, 2012, 11:59 pm
Forum: Word Meanings
Topic: Word-Study Fallacies
Replies: 5
Views: 3021

Re: Word-Study Fallacies

David Lim wrote:So I cannot believe the suggestion that two different meanings of "διαθηκη" are used in Hebrews, unless we think that the author of Hebrews was just making an empty argument.
One man's empty argument is another man's midrash.
by timothy_p_mcmahon
February 27th, 2012, 7:18 pm
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: Hebrews 6:1 φερωμεθα
Replies: 18
Views: 4036

Re: Hebrews 6:1 φερωμεθα

Professor Conrad: I like your dynamic rendering. I think it largely captures the sense. One question: I note you take τελειότητα as referring to the consummation of the λόγον rather than to the spiritual maturity of the readers. Does the presence of the article with τελειότητα influence this choice?...
by timothy_p_mcmahon
February 27th, 2012, 1:06 am
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: Hebrews 6:1 φερωμεθα
Replies: 18
Views: 4036

Re: Hebrews 6:1 φερωμεθα

Professor Conrad: Love your description of the MP imperative as "consent to such a process and actively pursue it." Would you view in similar terms the 3rd-person imperative? I'm thinking of a text such as Colossians 2:16... μη ουν τις υμας κρινετω εν βρωσει η εν ποσει η εν μερει εορτης η ...
by timothy_p_mcmahon
February 21st, 2012, 11:57 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Romans 8:11
Replies: 2
Views: 2320

Re: Romans 8:11

Mike Baber wrote:I've often seen Romans 8:11 used as a prooftext that the "Holy Spirit raised Jesus from the dead."
Yet another example of the abuse of Greek by people who can't read it.

You're quite correct, Mike.
by timothy_p_mcmahon
February 19th, 2012, 1:57 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: λάθρᾳ in Matt 1:19
Replies: 26
Views: 7577

Re: λάθρᾳ in Matt 1:19

David Instone-Brewer in Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible understands that Joseph was planning to use a Hillelite 'any matter' divorce, which "required no public trial, no evidence brought by witnesses, and very little fuss... a quiet and relatively private procedure" (p.115). If λαθραῖο...
by timothy_p_mcmahon
January 26th, 2012, 3:26 am
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: Ephesians 2:8 - τοῦτο
Replies: 6
Views: 1388

Re: Ephesians 2:8 - τοῦτο

On the other hand, I have no problem with πίστις as the antecedent because (1) in Greek you can say αὕτη ἐστιν πίστις or τούτ’ ἐστιν πίστις Mark: Can you cite any examples of the neuter τοῦτο being used in this manner? All the NT examples, at least, of τούτ’ ἐστιν introducing a non-neuter predicate...
by timothy_p_mcmahon
January 20th, 2012, 12:58 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Acts 2:4, the article with the/a holy spirit
Replies: 3
Views: 1865

Re: Acts 2:4, the article with the/a holy spirit

This question probably ventures more deeply into theology than is appropriate for B-Greek, but I would answer with a resounding NO . The use of the article is quite complex and no two languages — e.g., Greek and English — use the article identically. Thomson's underlying idea presumably is that ther...
by timothy_p_mcmahon
January 12th, 2012, 10:16 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Luke 6:12 - odd genitive
Replies: 5
Views: 2011

Re: Luke 6:12 - odd genitive

Would you consider Mark 11:22 similar?

ο ιησους λεγει αυτοις εχετε πιστιν θεου
by timothy_p_mcmahon
January 6th, 2012, 1:08 am
Forum: Church Fathers and Patristic Greek Texts
Topic: The Apostolic Creed
Replies: 9
Views: 6591

Re: The Apostolic Creed

Does the ἐπὶ in παθόντα ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου mean something like 'at the hands of'?

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