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by Barry Hofstetter
October 27th, 2021, 6:28 am
Forum: Other Greek Texts
Topic: Use of αὐτός in Arrian's preface to Epictetus, Discourses
Replies: 7
Views: 5382

Re: Use of αὐτός in Arrian's preface to Epictetus, Discourses

αὐτοῖς ὀνόμασιν = "in the words themselves," i.e., "in his very own words." ταῦτα αὐτὰ = "these very things" not quite the same as τὰ αὐτά but more specific. The usage of αὐτός here is simply the emphatic, and you appear to be overthinking it a bit looking for precise p...
by Barry Hofstetter
October 25th, 2021, 7:54 am
Forum: Books
Topic: Kang - Three Nuances of the Perfect Indicative in the Greek NT
Replies: 13
Views: 4570

Re: Kang - Three Nuances of the Perfect Indicative in the Greek NT

"In Classical Greek, the perfect went through a transition from resultative to anterior (current relevance) with increasing transitivity." This is a flawed premise to build a book on. Classicists assume this position as a given and then NT people assume that they're right without actually...
by Barry Hofstetter
October 21st, 2021, 9:20 am
Forum: Cool Stuff
Topic: Mike Aubrey at it again...
Replies: 2
Views: 6592

Re: Mike Aubrey at it again...

Stephen Carlson wrote: October 19th, 2021, 2:55 pm Again? This was back in 2016, though he does repost his greatest hits from time to time.
He recently posted it to a Facebook group.
by Barry Hofstetter
October 18th, 2021, 2:00 pm
Forum: Cool Stuff
Topic: Mike Aubrey at it again...
Replies: 2
Views: 6592

Mike Aubrey at it again...

Just a shout out to Mike and his contributions at koine-Greek.com, such as:

https://koine-greek.com/2016/04/14/aspe ... 2LZFM6x-Dw
by Barry Hofstetter
October 16th, 2021, 8:10 am
Forum: Word Meanings
Topic: Biblical words are nolonger referential?
Replies: 31
Views: 13116

Re: Biblical words are nolonger referential?

How nice that I could be sort of helpful and get implicitly batched in with mid-20th century atheist apologists for a brief offhand comment I made on a podcast. Strange I don't visit this forum more often! I answered the question in basic form and don't really have much interest in expanding furthe...
by Barry Hofstetter
October 15th, 2021, 2:39 pm
Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
Topic: Comparison: Positive as Comparative
Replies: 9
Views: 6902

Re: Comparison: Positive as Comparative

I do not have access to the ECM Just an FYI, but everyone has access to the ECM of Mark and Acts - http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/ecm The ECM is dual-published when it comes to the apparatus (hence any corrections will appear on the online apparatus before another printing); only the studies and supp...
by Barry Hofstetter
October 15th, 2021, 10:27 am
Forum: Learning Paradigms
Topic: 2nd Person Plural Pronouns
Replies: 6
Views: 5654

Re: 2nd Person Plural Pronouns

I should probably add what I now recall from school growing up in Australia, "yous". Thx D Perhaps getting of topic, in certain parts of Baltimore and suburbs (such as Dundalk) one can frequently here "yous guys..." English just begs for the return of its second personl plural, ...
by Barry Hofstetter
October 15th, 2021, 8:52 am
Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
Topic: Comparison: Positive as Comparative
Replies: 9
Views: 6902

Re: Comparison: Positive as Comparative

In Mk 1:7 και εκηρυσσεν λεγων ερχεται ο ισχυροτεροσ μου οπισω μου ου ουκ ειμι ικανοσ κυψασ λυσαι τον ιμαντα των υποδηματων αυτου o ισχυροτεροσ μου = one stronger than me (comparative + Genitivus Comparationis) The ECM Mark Apparatus lists the reading o ισχυροσ (Positive instead of Comparative). Sie...
by Barry Hofstetter
October 13th, 2021, 7:23 am
Forum: Word Meanings
Topic: Biblical words are nolonger referential?
Replies: 31
Views: 13116

Re: Biblical words are nolonger referential?

Stephen Carlson wrote: October 12th, 2021, 7:08 pm The use of a “unicorn” as an example of something non-referential suggests that he’s bringing up Bertrand Russell’s theory of reference. See https://www.jstor.org/stable/24247680
A long time staple for atheist "apologists..."
by Barry Hofstetter
October 13th, 2021, 6:24 am
Forum: Vocabulary
Topic: Apophtheggomai - Quick(?) Question
Replies: 3
Views: 6358

Re: Apophtheggomai - Quick(?) Question

ἀποφθέγγομαι (s. φθόγγος; fut. 3 pl. ἀποφθέγξονται Ps 58:8; 1 aor. 3 sg. ἀπεφθέγξατο TestJob 48:3) to express oneself orally, w. focus on sound rather than content, speak out, declare boldly or loudly (of the speech of a wise man Diog. L. 1, 63; 73; 79; but also of an oracle-giver, diviner, prophet,...

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