Phil 4:6 ALL EN PANTI
Jay Anthony Adkins
Jadkins26438 at cs.com
Sat Dec 28 12:54:50 EST 2002
Jay, I'll reply off-list since I can't seem to undo the html format for
AOL. I see two guides on this for translation. First, PANTI is
technically an adjective, so the lack of concordance on case with TH
PROSEUCH and TH DEHSEI indicates a separate entity being referenced. Of
course, PAS, PASH, PAN are often used in the place of nouns, but in this
case we would expect the feminine form if your suggestion was intended.
Second, the use of the article with PROSEUCH and DEHSEI (the repetition of
which has some exegetical significance as well) but not with PANTI
indicates that we are looking at separate references. Your suggestion
would be better communicated by EN TH PASH PROSEUCH KAI DEHSEI or EN TH
PASH KAI TH DEHSEI TH PASH. The separation of references then leads to
taking TH PROSEUCH KAI TH DEHSEI as an instrumental of means
syntactically. You should also note the construction here of the command
in verse 6 with the use of the imperative, followed by the KAI + Future
tense verb in verse 7, with verse 7 giving the outcome if the imperative
is followed (done by the recipients). I hope this helps some.
paz,
Bill Warren
Director of the Center for New Testament Textual Studies
Landrum P. Leavell, II, Professor of New Testament
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Bill, yes thank you very much. I usally get stuck on the more simple
things. The fact that "PANTI is technically an adjective, so the lack of
concordance on case with TH PROSEUCH and TH DEHSEI indicates a separate
entity being referenced." had slipped right by me. It does make sense
now, a Neuter adjective does not refer to two Feminine nouns. Again,
thank you.
Sola Gratia
Jay Adkins
Always under Grace!
As a bit of a followup, I searched the GNT and did not find any instances
of this exact construction with the shift in genders elsewhere and what I
did find seemed to lend credence to taking the PANTI separately. On the
other hand, Carl may know of some outside of the GNT.
paz,
Bill Warren
Director of the Center for New Testament Textual Studies
Landrum P. Leavell, II, Professor of New Testament
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Thanks again. With your permission, I would like to post this to the
list, just in case someone else may be interested.
Sola Gratia
Jay Adkins
Always under Grace!
Jay, that would be fine (posting my comments to the list). Have a
wonderful day.
paz,
Bill Warren
Director of the Center for New Testament Textual Studies
Landrum P. Leavell, II, Professor of New Testament
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
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