prin Abraam genesthai egw eimi
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awohili at aol.com
Fri Apr 26 07:30:01 EDT 2002
Thank you, Steven. But it has also been questioned whether Psalm 89:2 LXX is fully parallel to John 8:58, with the intervention of KAI APO TOU AIWNOS hEWS AIWNOS preceding SU EI.
Also, it is noted that _The Septuagint Bible_ by Charles Thompson translates SU EI as "Thou existed," not as "Thou art."
Thus, John 5:8 lacks any such expression as "from everlasting to everlasting," which would provide a true parallel to Psalm 89:2 LXX.
Solomon Landers
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The only parallel I can think of in the Greek Bible is one
from the LXX, oddly left off your list of LXX "parallels," though, unlike
them, it offers a close and genuine parallel:
Psa 89.2 (LXX): PRO TOU ORH GENHQHNAI KAI PLASQHNAI THN GHN KAI THN
OIKOUMENHN KAI APO TOU AIWNOS hEWS TOU AIWNOS SU EI.
"Before the mountains came to be, and before the earth and the world were
formed, from everlasting to everlasting, you are."
Note the parallel with John 8.58: PRO (equivelent to PRIN) governs two
infinitives (one of which is GENHQHNAI; cf. GENESQAI in John 8.58) and
complements a present tense form of EIMI (EI, "you are"). Here also it is
obvious that the present tense verb neither indicates "extension from past"
nor mere existence before the point in time indicated by PRO and the
infinitives.
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Steven Lo Vullo
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