EGW EIMI in Isaiah 47:8,10

Brian brian at discoveryhills.org
Sat Mar 17 14:52:43 EST 2001


On 3/16/01 4:55 PM, "Dan Parker" <stoixein at sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:

>>> Brian,
>>> I would be interested in understanding why the writer of Isaiah would
>>> consider that the use of the first person pronoun "ani" would be
>>> recognized as related to the Hebrew verb "eheyeh" either on or off list.
>>> 
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Dan Parker
>> 
>> Are there any other instances in the LXX or Classical Greek in which EGW
>> EIMI, SU EI, AUTOS ESTIN or HMEIS ESMEN occur without a complement?  I don't
>> have much chance to use TLG and besides I don't think it allows for searches
>> to include "without a complement."
>> 
>> My hunch is that AUTOS ESTIN without a complement would, in theory, be
>> equivalent to YHVH.
>> 
>> John C. Wilking
> 
> John,
> Consider the use of EGW EIMI at John 9:9. There is no complement but it
> does not seem that anyone thought the blind man was calling himself YHVH.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Dan Parker
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Greetings, list, Dan, John et all,

I appreciate the dialogue.  I will respond in the middle of this week as I
am facing a heavy work, family, and school load right now.  Thanks.

Student, etc...
Brian P. Swedburg




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