[B-Greek] uses of sunpolitai outside of NT
Maurice A. O'Sullivan
mauros at iol.ie
Mon Oct 13 06:34:25 EDT 2003
At 06:40 13/10/2003, Mike Singleton wrote:
>Sunpolitai is used by Paul in Ephesian 2:19 (evidently an old and rare
>word). Is this word cited anywhere else, even in secular writings?
Mike:
You have a typo here -- SUMPOLITHS is the noun, and even in the small L & S
there is a reference to Euripides.
But in BDAG, there are citations, apart from Euripides, for usage much
nearer the time of Ephesians:
Aelian 2nd cty A.D
Josephus, Antiquities 19:175
[ Of all which emperors, who have been many in number, and who laid upon us
insufferable hardships during the times of their government, this Caius,
who hath been slain today, hath brought more terrible calamities upon us
than did all the rest, not only by exercising his ungoverned rage upon his
fellow citizens, but also upon his kindred and friends, and alike upon all
others, and by inflicting still greater miseries upon them, as punishments,
which they never deserved, he being equally furious against men and against
the gods; ]
It appears twice in TestJob -- I won't even start to go into the text
history of this <g>, but here is what the Anchor Bible Dictionary has to
say about dating TestJob:
[ It seems best to regard the text as one of unclear origin within
sectarian Judaism, mingling interests in magic, merkabah mysticism,
standard Jewish features such as burial proprieties and opposition to
idolatry along with the care of the poor and female prophetic utterance.
Neither a specific origin nor a date more precise than 100 b.c.e.200 c.e.
can be determined.
Regards,
Maurice
Maurice A. O'Sullivan
mauros at iol.ie
[ Bray, Ireland ]
"God does a lot of things in the Psalms
that He can't get away with in systematic theology."
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