[B-Greek] Heb 1,3a
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Apr 27 14:25:26 EDT 2004
At 10:51 AM -0700 4/27/04, Eddie Mishoe wrote:
>OS WN APAUGASMA THS DOXHS KAI KARATHR...
>
>Two questions:
>
>1. What is the difference between OS WN and OS ESTIN?
In this context WN introduces a participial clause that is equivalent to a
relative clause, but the verb that hOS is ultimately the subject of is
EKAQISEN ...; in other words we have a string of participles dependent upon
that relative pronoun hOS: WN ... FERWN ... POIHSAMENOS ...
>
>2. Apparently some take APAUGASMA as a verb, "who
>radiates the glory"? What is the justification for
>taking a noun as a verb here (or anywhere)?
That strikes me as more an inference; if it were the literal sense I'd
expect the form APAUGHTHS or the like--an agent noun. I would understand
the metaphor underlying APAUGASMA to mean that Jesus is the "ray" emitted
by the DOXA understood as "light," just as CARAKTHR is the "precise
figure-perfect impression" made in a different medium by an
unmistakably-distinctive signet.
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Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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