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

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Oct 7 16:09:30 EDT 2002


For George Somsel <Polycarp66 at aol.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:24:00 EDT

In a message dated 10/7/2002 6:03:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Sylvie
Chabert d'Hyères <laodicy at ifrance.com> writes:

>L''arrestation de Jean par Hérode venait d'être connue du lecteur (Lk
>3::20) Dans quelle mesure le récit des tentations n'est-il pas là pour
>exprimer le désert spirituel dans lequel Jésus se trouva plongé, avec le
>désir ardent de libérer Jean?
>The arrest of John by Herod had just been noted by the reader (Lk 3::20) To
>what extent is the temptation narrative there to express the spiritual
>desert into which Jesus was plunged, with the burning desire to release
>John?
>


I'm afraid we must stop at this point since we are getting beyond the
bounds of the b-greek limitations.  It becomes speculation not based upon
an analysis of the Greek.  I could speculate that this was indeed a true
temptation -- "Here's an opportunity.  John's out of the way.  Worship me .
. .", but as I said, we are out of bounds.

gfsomsel

George is, of course, absolutely right; this goes beyond what the text
demonstrably indicates and goes over into speculative interpretation, which
we don't do on b-greek--or we try hard not to do it! CWC



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