[B-Greek] TO PLEROMA
Danny Dixon
bereandad2003 at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 6 14:42:49 EDT 2004
Dear Dony:
The only thing that would justify TO PLEROMA TON ETHON to read "the full number" would be a theological disposition about what was or was not in the context of Romans 11:1-36. PLEROMA means "fullness." I suppose if numbers were clearly in context "full number" would be an adequate dynamic equivalent translataion. If, on the other hand, some concept of quality were present in the nominative neuter case of the word, it would come from other theological suppositions about how God has planned to deal with the Gentiles in his grand schema determined on the basis of how the word is used elsewhere in the N.T. (e.g. Ephesians 1:9-10, 22-23).
Of course this does bring up the old consideration of how important it is to have more than just a stiff lexical consideration of words (PLEROMA is only one example). Broad reading of the text, I suppose, gives one a better feel of which choices one should make in reading a lexicon, or even to judge if a lexicographer has been biased in his/her listing of a particular word to represent the meaning of a Greek term. An excellent book to read along these lines is the little tome by Moises Silva BIBLICAL WORDS AND THEIR MEANING (available for about $20, including shipping and handling from Amazon.com).
Danny Andre' Dixon
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Dony wrote:
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:06:59 -0400
From: "Dony K. Donev" <dony at cupandcross.com>
Subject: [B-Greek] Romans 11:25
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My question is about the translation of the word PLEiROMA in Romans
11:25 as "full number" (NRS), elsewhere rendered as "fullness." What are
the special qualifications of this verse to provide the meaning of "full
number of the Gentiles" rather than the "the fullness of the Gentiles?"
Thanks.
Dony K. Donev
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