[B-Greek] I Tim 2:14 and GEGONEN

Eric Weiss eweiss at gte.net
Thu Sep 18 16:38:39 EDT 2003


I guess what I'm thinking or looking for is whether there are other instances in the NT or Greek writings where it is proper to translate GEGONEN in a "EN (or another preposition) + Noun + GEGONEN" phrase as something other than a perfect. If not, or only rarely so, then I question why GEGONEN should have an aorist meaning here.

(And if it has a perfect meaning, that DOES affect the interpretation of this extremely difficult passage, because it then describes a present (to Paul) state of women and/or wives, and not just a past action of Eve's. Or so I think. But that digresses into interpretation and theology, and I'm primarily interested B-Greek-wise in whether GEGONEN does or should have an aoristic, rather than a perfect, meaning. After I establish the meaning of GEGONEN, then I can wrestle with the interpretation and theology.)

Eric S. Weiss
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