ANWQEN in John 3:3 ff

Paul S Dixon dixonps at juno.com
Fri Dec 27 15:09:35 EST 2002



On Fri, 27 Dec 2002 11:48:08 -0800 "Byron & Linetta Knutson"
<byronk at open.org> writes:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul S Dixon" <dixonps at juno.com>
> > To: "Biblical Greek" <b-greek at franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> > Cc: <b-greek at franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 12:03 PM
> > Subject: [b-greek] Re: ANWQEN in John 3:3 ff
> >
> >
> > > But, I did notice Gal 4:9 and the juxtaposition of PALIN 
> ANWQEN.
> > > Thoughts?
> >
> > The translations have "once again" or "all over again" or some 
> variation
> > thereof, and that seems to be correct.  PALIN is modifying ANWQEN, 
> or vice
> > versa, and strengthening the idea.  Quite clearly, from context, 
> ANWQEN
> cannot
> > mean "from above" here...
> >
> > Or maybe it's like the teletubbies (which, fortunately, my older 
> daughter
> has
> > outgrown and my younger seems not to like) "again, again!"  :)
> >
> > N.E. Barry Hofstetter
> > Professor of Theological and Biblical Studies
> >     The Center for Urban Theological Studies, Philadelphia, PA
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~nebarry
> >
> Every time I read this passage in Gal 4:9 I can't help wondering if 
> the
> ANWQEN isn't a scribal note incorporated into the text originally 
> written as
> we often do just above or beside a word after we have already 
> written
> something and re-read to make sure we didn't make a mistake, i.e., 
> saying
> the 2nd PALIN  was inadvertently inserted by scribal mistake FROM 
> the line
> ABOVE.  Something like the following:
> 
> EPISTREFETE PALIN EPI TA ASQENH KAI PTWCA
> 
>                                ANWQEN
> STOICEIA OIS PALIN DOULEUEIN QELETE....
> 
> If so, the original text would have had neither the 2nd PALIN or the 
> ANWQEN.
> I'm not saying this is so, I just notice this everytime I read it 
> and
> wonder.

Byron:
If so, we certainly should expect to find some kind of manuscript
evidence to that effect.  Yet, there appears to be no textual problem. 
In fact, the oldest manuscripts contain both PALIN and ANWQEN.

Paul Dixon, Pastor
First Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Camden, AL

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