[B-Greek] Galatians 1.1 - APO and DIA

Joel Barnes joel at barnzee.ca
Mon Aug 23 21:44:41 EDT 2004


Dear Everyone,
 
Since I am a lurker on this list for the most part, here is a brief bio
prior to my question: My education is in the field of exercise physiology.
Due to my interest in Greek, however, I managed to sneak a year of Ancient
Greek into my undergraduate coursework. Since then, I have focused on Koine
Greek during my spare time as it relates to the New Testament corpus.
 
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Galatians 1.1 reads as follows in UBS (4th Revised Edition): PAULOS
APOSTOLOS OUK AP ANQRWPWN OUDE DI ANQRWPOU ALLA DIA IHSOU CRISTOU KAI QEOU
PATROS TOU EGEIRANTOS AUTON EK NEKRWN,
 
The commentaries I have access to state that AP ANQRWPWN refers to source
(appointment) whereas DI ANQRWPOU refers to agency (commission) (e.g. R.
Alan Cole, Tyndale New Testament Commentary on Galatians). This makes sense
to me; however, here is my question: Where is the corresponding "symmetry"
when the apostle Paul turns from his double negation to his affirmation?
Stated another way, why does he only use DIA when stating his apostolate
positively, if said nuance exists when Paul uses not only DIA but APO to
deny both human source and agency for his apostolate?
 
Any help would be appreciated.
 
Kind regards,
 
Joel
 
 
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College of Kinesiology
University of Saskatchewan
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