[B-Greek] 1 Tim. 3:16 and Greek poetry
tmcos at rogers.com
tmcos at rogers.com
Fri Apr 23 13:06:12 EDT 2004
If I could add one point, I believe that 1 Tim 3:16 is considered a hymn/creed. The use of the relative pronoun hOS is one of the distinguising marks in hymns in the NT (cf.Phil.2:6ff; Col.1:15ff)
Tony Costa
Toronto, Canada
> From: Ted Shoemaker <tedsmath at yahoo.com>
> Date: 2004/04/23 Fri PM 12:53:40 EDT
> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [B-Greek] 1 Tim. 3:16 and Greek poetry
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>
> Hello,
>
> 1 Timothy 3:16 reads, in part:
> hOS EFANERWQH EN SARKI
> EDIKAIWQH EN PNEUMATI
> WFQH AGGELOIS
> EKHRUCQH EN EQNESIN
> EPISTEUQH EN KOSMW
> ANELHMFQH EN DOXH
>
> We are told that the above-quoted parts of 1 Tim. 3:16 are poetry.
> How so? I could not discern any *regular* cadence in this passage,
> and I'm told that Greek poetry depends heavily on meter. The lines
> come *close* to having a meter, but it appears that they closely miss
> it. Or else, quite likely, I've misunderstood.
>
> I can see that the phrases are somewhat parallel, but not in the same
> way that the Psalms display parallel *clauses*. And parallelism is
> more Semitic than Greek, anyway, isn't it?
>
> So my questions are:
> * What devices are used to distinguish ancient Greek poetry from
> prose?
> * Can you direct me to some examples of ancient Greek poetry,
> whether in the NT or elsewhere, that are accessible to the beginner?
>
> Thank you very much!
>
>
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