KATA KAIRON

Bart Ehrman behrman at email.unc.edu
Mon Feb 7 15:27:30 EST 2000


   Thanks for the comments.  Just one reply for now: a resurrectoin that
happens all the time is one that happens day after day, month after month,
year after year (sun, moon, crops, etc.).

-- Bart



On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Jim West wrote:

> 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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