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.)
Return-Path: toseland at blueyonder.co.uk
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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