Antiquitates 15: 260

jwest at highland.net jwest at highland.net
Fri Nov 8 05:04:02 EST 2002


> Antiquitates 15: 260 "ou mên hê Salômê ton engenê nomon, alla ton ap'
> exousias helomenê tên te sumbiôsin proapêgoreusen kai [...]"
> 
> Earlier on we discussed the potential meanings of EXOUSIA. During a random
> Reading through a passage in Josefus i stumbled over this phrase in
> Antiquitates 15:260. Now, I'm just keen to know how we should/could
> understand the word EXOUSIA here, especially since it relates to the law
> as an opposite.

taken with the preposition apo - i would render exousia here with "inability".  
apo = in + exousia = ability (power, might, etc).


best

jim

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Jim West, ThD
Quartz Hill School of Theology

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