DIANOIA SOU (Lk. 10:27 par.)

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Oct 2 07:08:12 EDT 2002


Forwarded for Paul Toseland:

Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 12:31:00 +0100
To: Biblical Greek b-greek at franklin.oit.unc.edu
From: Paul Toseland <toseland at blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: [b-greek] DIANOIA SOU (Lk. 10:27 par.)
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On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 17:46:13 0400, Bryan Rocine wrote,

 >Presumably Matt. 22:37, Mk. 12:30, and Lk. 10:27 are quoting
 >Deu 6:5 when giving the "greatest commandment." From where
 >does "your mind" _DIANOIA SOU_ come? In Matt _DIANOIA
 >SOU_ seems like it could be a substitute for "your might" (Hb)
 >_ME'ODEKA_; (Gk) _DUNAMEWS SOU_. In the other two
 >Gospels, _DIANOIA SOU_ appears like an addition to the sense
 >of Deu.

John Nolland, WBC 'Luke' vol. 2 pp 583-84, comments,

The original addition of "mind" to the list (which occurs in all forms)
Is probably to be related to the fact that DIANOIA, "mind", is a
Variant reading for KARDIA, "heart", in Deut 6:5 and elsewhere in
The LXX.

Hope this helps.

Paul Toseland
Bristol, England




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