Psalm 129 LXX
Richard Ghilardi
qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
Thu Dec 26 08:36:54 EST 2002
Dear B-Greekers,
I have a couple of questions about this Psalm. Vs 1 reads like this:
EK BAQEWN EKEKRAXA SOI KURIE
1) Was it common or usual for the genitive plural of third declension
neuter nouns to be uncontracted in Hellenistic times, BAQE/WN rather than
the Attic BAQW=N?
Vss 3 and 4 read:
EAN ANOMIAS PARATHRHSHiS KURIE, KURIE, TIS hUPOSTHSETAI;
hOTI PARA SOI hO hILASMOS ESTIN
2) Isn't it necessary to insert some such thought as the following before
hOTI?
hUPOSTHSONTAI hO/MWS TINES
Surely God's provision of atonement is NOT the ground for the negative
response expected by the question KURIE, TIS hUPOSTHSETAI? That doesn't
make sense to me. I know this is poetry. Perhaps an answer lies in that
direction?
Yours in His grace,
Richard Ghilardi -- qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
New Haven, CT USA
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