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

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Oct 4 07:53:24 EDT 2002


Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 07:40:00 +0000
Englished and forwarded for: "S Chabert d'Hyeres" <laodicy at ifrance.com>

George,
Thanks for your research on TWi hAGIWi, with the following comment:

<<My inclination is to understand it as referring to an internal reaction
when it deals with verbs such as thinking but to take it as referring to
the influence of the Holy Spirit when the Holy Spirit is specifically
mentioned>>

Regarding EN THi ERHMWi you write:

> 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.

C'est un fait ; seulement BAGD a rassemblé sous un même intitulé tous les
emplois de EN avec un verbe de mouvement là ou EIS est attendu. Ne
pensez-vous pas, qu'il y aurait lieu de faire une séparation entre ce qui
est purement métaphorique et ce qui ne l'est pas? En dehors de l'aspect
métaphorique, il resterait à préciser la nuance que EN peut apporter à un
verbe de mouvement .

That is a fact; but BAGD has gathered under the same heading all uses of EN
with a verb of motion where EIS is expected. Don't you think it would have
been appropriate to make a distinction between what is purely metaphorical
and what is not? Apart from the metaphorical aspect, the nuance that EN can
bring to a verb of motion would need to be specified.

BAGD also gives other examples from Luke that also are comparable with a
metaphor. Lk 1:17, 7:17; 9:46. When he used a verb of movement + EN to
indicate a figurative sense, Luke did not create a category since this one
is attested by 1 Th 1:8 and Rev 11:11.

Jesus' 40-days in the deser, while he was tempted by the devil, is the
painting of a surrealist artist. When he put it into his Gospel, Luke was
probably aware that it was a true metaphor. Since he wished to compose an
exact and trustworthy work (Lk 1:3-4), need one be surprised that he sought
to warn his reader of the figurative sense taken on by the episode?

S.  Chabert d'Hyeres
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