Lk 4:1 EN THi ERHMWi (Luke in Codex Bezae issue)

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Oct 2 19:29:27 EDT 2002


Forwarded for George Somsel >Polycarp66 at aol.com>:
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 18:57:40 EDT

In a message dated 10/2/2002 8:38:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu writes:

>- KAI  HGETO  EN TWi  PNEUMATI  EN THi  ERHMWi. [D05 B , L, W , Sinaiticus,
>579, NA27 ]
>- KAI  HGETO  EN TWi  PNEUMATI  EIS THN  ERHMON. [A K M U etc]
>- KAI  HGETO  UPO TOU  PNEUMATOS  EIS THN  ERHMON. [N, 700]
>
>1. With AGW, a verb of movement, we expect the preposition EIS; With EN,
>wouldn't this verb have to be taken in a figurative sense?
>
>Hereby Luke stated at the outset that he was using an image to indicate the
>state of mind of Jesus who had NOT literally gone into the desert.
>

BAGD has

6. EN is somet[imes]. used w[ith]. verbs of motion where EIS would normally
be expected (Diod. S[iculus]. 23, 8, 1 ANNWN EPERASE EN SIKELIAi . . . [KTL]

I would not understand this as figurative.  In the other cases noted in
BAGD it is quite literal.  I don't see anything in the context which
implies that this is somehow figurative.

gfsomsel



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