KATA KAIRON

Jim West jwest at highland.net
Mon Feb 7 14:52:44 EST 2000


At 02:31 PM 2/7/00 -0500, you wrote:
>   In 1 Clement 24:2 we read: IDWMEN AGAPHTOI THN KATA KAIRON GINOMENHN
>ANASTASIN, "We should consider, beloved, the resurrection that happens
>KATA KAIRON."  What do you think of rendering it "...the resurrection that
>happens all the time," instead of something like "at the right time" or
>"at the right season" or the like?

Wouldn't that require CHRONOS or the like?  Further- what exactly is a
resurrection that happens all the time?

>  
>   The text goes on to say that day and night reveal the resurrection
>(since the day appears when the night departs, etc.) as do the crops,
>which make their regular appearance after sowing.  This is just before the
>famous passage of the Phoenix, which also proves the resurrection (!).

But such examples, I think, merely support the "certainty" of the
resurrection (i.e., it is as certain as the day follows the night...)

>
>   Opinions?

Thats all I have- an opinion.  But I dont think there is anything amiss with
kairon as normally rendered.

Best,

And see ya in Atlanta?

Jim

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