[B-Greek] Hosea 1:10

Albert Pietersma albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Sat Dec 11 02:21:37 EST 2004


On Dec 11, 2004, at 12:51 AM, Bogdan Bucur wrote:

> Dear B-Greeks,
>
> Hosea 1:10 (LXX, English mine): "And it shall come to
> pass that EN TWi TOPWi hOU was said to them, 'You are
> not my people,' they will in fact be called 'children
> of the living God.'"
> For EN TWi TOPWi hOU, Brenton has "in the place
> where."
As does the NRSV. Moreover, whatever meaning the JPS may  get out of 
BMQWM  )SR, the Greek reads it as "in the place where". Thus, if you 
are translating the Greek you do not have the choice you would like. 
Here is the verse as translated by NETS (George Howard):
10 And the number of the sons of Israel was like the sand of the sea, 
which shall not be measured nor numbered; and it shall be, in the place 
where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” they too shall be 
called, “sons of the living God.”
Al
> But I wonder if the meaning is perhaps less
> physical something like "instead of." ("And it shall
> come to pass that instead of what was said to them,
> 'You are not my people,' they will in fact be called
> 'children of the living God.').  In Hebrew, "b-maqom"
> supports this meaning, and the JPS translation has
> "instead of." My questions: does the Greek allow for
> the same? If yes, can I perhaps take advantage of the
> phrase "in place of"?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Bogdan Bucur (Patristics student at Marquette
> University, in Milwaukee, WI)
>
>
>
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