Fwd: Re: [B-Greek] 1 Tm 4.2, kausteriazo, etc.

Kevin W. Woodruff cierpke at prodigy.net
Wed Dec 8 11:22:12 EST 2004


> Tim:
> Bill Mounce give three reasons for taking it as
> "brand"
> 
> 1). The participle is passive suggesting it is Satan
> who does the branding
> 
> 2). It fits the imagery of the section. Paul has
> just
> called his oppents hypocritical liars. For emphasis
> he
> points out that although they claim tob e from God,
> they have the stamp of Satan on them. They are his
> agents
> 
> 3). This interpreation does not disaggee with the
> description fo the opponents as hypocrites
> 
> from Mounce, William D. The Pasoral Epistles in the
> Word Biblical Commentary. Vol. 46. Nashville,
> Tennessee: Thomas Nelson. 2000. pages 237-238. 
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
> --- Timrake at aol.com wrote:
> 
> > 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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> 
> 
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Prof. Kevin W. Woodruff, M.Div., M.S.I.S.
Library Director/Reference Librarian, Professor of Bible and Greek
Tennessee Temple University/Temple Baptist Seminary, 1815 Union Ave. 
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37404, United States of America
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