1Corinthians 4:6

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Mar 12 10:03:00 EST 2001


At 8:59 AM -0800 3/12/01, dixonps at juno.com wrote:
>On Sat, 10 Mar 2001 16:09:48 -0900 "Chuck Tripp" <ctripp at ptialaska.net>
>writes:
>> Paul Dixon wrote:
>>
>>
>> > > Further question:  Any idea what the UBS version means?  How
>> does
>> > > the NIV get "so that you may learn from us the meaning of the
>> saying,
>> > > "Do not go beyond what is written." from hINA EN nHMIN MAQHTE TO
>> > > ME hUPER hA GEGRAPTAI?
>>
>> >What particular problem do you have here?
>>
>> It seems that the phrase 'MH hUPER hA GEGRAPTAI'  has an implied
>> verb.  The
>> NIV seems to think it is ERXOMAI or POREUW.  Is there a known
>> expression
>> that the NIV is referring to?
>
>It is normal to supply by ellipsis something like this.

You might compare the Apollonian dictum carved above the portal of the
Temple at Delphi: MHDEN AGAN, where some imperative or infinitive of doing
or performance must be undertood.

Carl W. Conrad (retired)
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