TADE LEGEI;

GregStffrd at aol.com GregStffrd at aol.com
Thu May 17 12:40:21 EDT 2001


In a message dated 05/15/2001 10:30:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
GregStffrd at aol.com writes:

<< Now, before I get to the grammatical problems I find with the above, just 
 what "things" does the AMHN say about God? It seems very clear that what the 
 AMHN says begins in verse 15, and since that is the case your translation is 
 essentially impossible.  >>


Since the thread on ARCH is closed (again, the archives have plenty of 
material for those interested), I would still like for John to support his 
claim for his translation of TADE LEGEI which he claims are things the AMHN 
says TOU QEOU, when in fact verse 15 makes clear the fact that such a view is 
impossible (IMO). 

No defense has been offered for this view (nor for other claims relating to 
Aristotle's use of AITIA, but that is now past), but I would sure like to see 
if this translation was offered in light of obvious contextual and 
grammatical limitations or without recognition of such limitations. I have to 
assume that some thought was given to verse 15; hence, I am curious to know 
just what can be said about it. There is no need to get into the meaning of 
ARCH to do so. If John could simply explain how he harmonizes his translation 
with verse 15 I would greatly appreciate it. 

Best regards,

Greg Stafford



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