Mary to whom he was engaged

Carl Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Dec 3 09:03:09 EST 2002


At 12:34 PM +0000 12/3/02, D Jongkind wrote:
>Dear list,
>Because it is December and I have the last class of term this afternoon:
>
>Lk 2:5
>SUN MARIAM TH/ EMNHSTUEMENH/ AUTW/
>
>NRSV translates 'with Mary to whom he was engaged'.
>Is there something wrong with the translation 'with Mary who was engaged
to
>him'?

No, there's nothing wrong with it, and in fact it IS more literal, but
does it really make any difference? Does either version report the
information of the Greek text inaccurately? Of course, this is a
translation question more than a Greek one.
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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