3 Corinthians 27
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Dec 11 09:28:59 EST 2002
At 9:05 AM -0500 12/11/02, Bart Ehrman wrote:
> A tricky passage in the Bodmer papyrus text of 3 Corinthians; the
>author is trying to establish that there really will be a resurrection of
>the flesh, and uses the analogy of the seed (cf. 1 Cor. 15), pointing out
>that it is sown naked but then raised clothed, so to say. And then:
>
> WSTE OU MONON TO SWMA EGEIRETE TO BLHQEN ALLA POLLOSTON ORQON
>HULOGHMENON.
>
> Which means something like "so that not only do you raise up the
>body that is cast down, but it is multiplied, erect, and blessed."
>
> Or is there a better way to deal with the final three words (polloston,
>orthon, huloghmenon)?
Bart, this isn't an answer to your chief question, but since this is a
papyrus, I wonder whether it isn't likely that EGEIRETE is not to be
understood as a present active 2 pl. imperative but rather as a 3d sg. MP
indicative, i.e. EGEIRETAI--I think that this E for AI is not uncommon in
papyri.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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