[B-Greek] 1 Tm 4.2, kausteriazo, etc.
Timrake at aol.com
Timrake at aol.com
Wed Dec 8 10:27:27 EST 2004
New on the list.
Your exegetical thoughts on the "precise" meaning of kausteriazo in 1 Tim
4.2. Authorities are divided between "to brand (a slave)" and "to cauterize." (I
lean toward "brand" but this is not decisive as the other possibility seems
just as natural to the thought of he context.)
And also, anything that you might know of on the imagery behind 1 Tim 3.15,
"pillar and ground of truth"? Here I am looking for the (once again) "precise"
meaning of hedraioma (which so far in my research remains too general for my
liking) and how/why stulos (pillar) is coupled with it. Is this a bulwark or
rampart, or "ground" as the old KJV renders it?
What is St. Paul drawing on for his imagery? The colonnades of the Temple (or
the twin pillars at its entrance)? The memorials (that served as witnesses)
erected in various structures?
Pr. Tim Rake
Praise Lutheran Church
Maryville, TN 37801
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