[B-Greek] Romans 16:12 'and of myself'
Doug Chaplin
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Tue Aug 24 13:43:38 EDT 2004
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> Subject: [B-Greek] Romans 16:12 'and of myself'
>
> Romans 16:2
> KAI GAR AUTH PROSTATIS POLLWN EGENQH KAI EMOU AUTOU
>
> As the text stands, Paul puts a heavy emphasis on the fact that Phoebe
> was a PROSTATIS of his. It may be just me, but EMOU AUTOU does not look
> as a standard phrase.
>
> My question, however, is it possible to make sense of these two variant
> readings:
> KAI GAR AUTH PROSTATIS POLLWN EGENQH KAI EMOU KAI AUTOU
>
> KAI GAR AUTH PROSTATIS POLLWN EGENQH KAI EMOU TE AUTOU
>
> Is there an idiomatic usage 'of me and his' meaning something like
> 'everyone'?
>
> Many thanks,
> Dirk Jongkind
> ---
Intriguingly these variants have dropped out of NA27, which simply notes
slight differences in the texts of Sinaiticus and Alexandrinus, but cites
them in support of the EMOU AUTOU reading. Presumably this means the editors
saw the second KAI (TE) as intensive, and still read the AUTOU as reflexive.
Otherwise, if it meant something like 'everyone' I guess it would join the
other variants which tend to have the effect of softening the cultural
implications of PROSTATIS ... EMOU AUTOU
Doug Chaplin
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