stathmoi

Bart Ehrman behrman at email.unc.edu
Thu Dec 9 11:28:09 EST 1999


   Another tough nut in 1 Clement: ANEMWN STAQMOI KATA TON IDION KAIRON
THN LEITOURGIAN AUTWN APROSKOPWS EPITELOUSIN: The XXX of the winds
complete their service in their own proper season, without faltering.  The
problem is STAQMOI.  It's sometimes used of "standing stations" (e.g. a
rest stop for weary travelers), and so maybe it means something like the
"quarters" of the winds.  But the problem is that it's the *action* of the
winds, not their "resting from action" or their "place of residence" that
"completes their service." 

   The term STAQMOI can also mean "weights."  Could the sentence mean,
then, something like "the forces of the winds complete their service..."?

   Or something else?

-- Bart Ehrman
   University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill





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