[B-Greek] Prepositions
waldo slusher
waldoslusher at yahoo.com
Sun Dec 28 01:43:51 EST 2003
--- bertdehaan wrote:
>
> I know that prepositions can have a great variety of
> meanings, but knowing that does not always solve the
> problem of knowing what they mean in a given
> sentence.
> To a beginner like me, it almost seems that when you
> encounter a preposition, you can insert any English
> translation that makes sense.
And that, my friend, is what translation is all about.
In B-Greek we try to give the "meaning" of a
particular Greek construct based on some "objective"
standard, but none exists in any language. Language
unfortunately is far from an exact science. I will
only say in regards to Prepositions: an author
develops a theological emphases.... how a preposition
is translated is largely dependent upon one's grasp of
the author's "theology." And this is outside the scope
of B-Greek. If a particular preposition only means X
about 3 percent of the time (for example), then how
can one "objectively" defend the 3 percent meaning of
a preposition. S/He can't.
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Waldo Slusher
Calgary, AB
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