[B-Greek] Rev 6
Jason Hare
jason at hareplay.com
Fri Sep 5 13:32:46 EDT 2003
Just want to place my consent. I agree completely. There is no difference
between EPI and EPANW in such a situation (reference the passage where Jesus
was sitting upon the donkey(s) in the various gospel narratives).
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
To: "Ron" <ronpt at comcast.net>
Cc: "Bible Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Rev 6
> At 9:16 AM -0400 9/5/03, Ron wrote:
> >I was observing in Revelation 6 that the first of the three horsemen are
> >are sitting upon their respective horses (preposition EPI), and the
> >fourth is sitting on his horse (preposition EPANW).
> >
> >Does anyone have an idea as to the significance of such a change in that
> >context?
>
> There may be differences of opinion on this, but my own opinion is that
> this is nothing more than rhetorical variation between "on" and "upon"
> --and that there's no real semantic distinction being intended by the
shift
> from one preposition to a more-or-less synonymous one.
> --
>
> Carl W. Conrad
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