The opening of 1 Peter
Steven Sheeley
ssheeley at shorter.edu
Fri May 17 14:33:38 EDT 2002
It looks to me that the sentence admits to three possibilities. The
first--conjecturing a word--is most likely not the reading. The other two
are that the prepositions modify either APOSTOLOS (that is, that Peter's
apostolic calling was "according to the predestination/foreknowledge of
God") or EKLEKTOIS (that their choosing/election was "according to the
predestination/foreknowledge . . . ."). Were this Paul, I think that the
former choice might be in order as a reading--although his sentence
structure is usually a little more straightforward. As this is 1 Peter, and
the emphasis throughout the book is on the status of his readers as elect
sojourners, I would lean toward interpreting this sentence to let the
prepositions modify EKLEKTOIS.
Steven M. Sheeley, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs
Shorter College
(706) 233-7259
ssheeley at shorter.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: waldo slusher [mailto:waldoslusher at yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 2:14 PM
To: Biblical Greek
Subject: [b-greek] The opening of 1 Peter
PETROS APOSTOLOS IHSOU CRISTOU, EKLEKTOIS PAREPIDHMOIS DIASPORAS PONTOU,
etc........
KATA PROGNWSIN QEOU PATROS, EN hAGIASMWi PNEUMATOS,
EIS hUPAKOHN KAI hRANTISMON hAIMATOS IHSOU CRISTOU
Here is my question... what do all these prepositions
modify?
KATA PROGNWSIN
EN hAGIASMWi PNEUMATOS
EIS hUPAKOHN
[EIS} hRANTISMON
Waldo Slusher
Calgary, AL
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