Night and Day

Polycarp66 at aol.com Polycarp66 at aol.com
Tue Feb 8 18:22:02 EST 2000


In a message dated 2/8/2000 8:01:51 AM Central Daylight Time, 
behrman at email.unc.edu writes:

<<   1 Clement 27:7 gives a quotation of LXX Ps. 19:1-3, which includes the
 puzzling hH hHMERA THi hHMERAi EREUGETAI RHMA KAI NUX NUKTI ANAGGELLEI
 GNWSIN.  A typical translation is something like "day utters speech to day
 and night proclaims knowledge to night."  But I have no idea what that
 means (i.e., in English) (and note: I'm *not* asking what the original
 Hebrew meant, but what the Greek in 1 Clement did).
  >>

I could point you to a theological interpretation if that is your interest 
(this is frowned upon in this forum so I will only mention it).  In Reformed 
theology this has been referred to as general revelation.  Most of the 
Reformed theologians understand it thus.  Karl Barth, however, differs.

I would suggest that you might read it in the context of Ps. 19.  I'm 
inclined to think that would be the intention of 1 Clement.

gfsomsel



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