[B-Greek] Letters of Paul and Polycarp to the Philippians

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Sun Dec 19 19:55:39 EST 2004


n Sun, 19 Dec 2004 20:10:54 -0000 "Noel Fitzpatrick"
<njfitzpatrick at eircom.net> writes:
> 
> My current interest is the letters of Paul and Polycarp to the
> Philippians.  
> 
> I consider that the principal grammatical interest in Paul's letter 
> to
> the Philippians seems to focus on  
> 1:7 (DIA TO ECEIN ME EN THi KARDIAi hUMAS).  Whether it is 
> translated as
> "You hold me in your heart" (NRSV) or "I hold you in my heart" 
> (ESV)
> seems to be matter of opinion. Also in Polycarp's letter the 
> principal
> interest possibly revolves around whether EPISTOLAS (3:2) is best
> translated as "letter" or "letters" in its context.
> 
> I would be very grateful to hear what other topics are considered 
> the
> main grammatical points of interest in these two letters.
> 
> May I take this opportunity to thank all those who contributed to 
> the
> list in the past year and to wish all list members a very good 
> Christmas
> and new year.
> 
> Noel Fitzpatrick.
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On checking Phil 1.7 in my NA-27 it was as you transcribed it clearly
"your heart" rather than "my heart."  I therefore brought up my
electronic version of the ESV and found that, according to my copy, they
have translated it correctly as "your heart."  It would appear that
either you have misread it or you have a faulty copy of the ESV.

In Ep. Polycarp to Philippians 3.2 it reads

OUTE GAR EGW OUTE ALLOS hOMOIS EMOI DUNATAI KATAKOLOUQHSAI THi SOFIAi TOU
MAKARIOU KAI ENDOCOU PAULOU hOS GENOMENOS EN hUMIN KATA PROSWPON TWN TOTE
ANQRWPWN EDIDACEN AKRIBWS KAI BEBAIWS TON PERI ALHQEIAS LOGON, hOS KAI
APWN hUMIN EGRAYEN EPISTOLAS, EIS hAS EAN EGKUPTHTE, DUNHQHSESQE
OIKODOMEISQAI EIS THN DOQEISAN hUMIN PISTIN.

Neither can I nor any like me attain the wisdom of the blessed and
esteemed Paul who when he was in your presence taught the men of that
time accurately and dependably the things concerning the word of truth,
who also, being absent from you wrote letters, in which, if you study
[them] you are able to establish yourselves in the faith given to you.

EPISTOLAS both here and elsewhere is clearly an acc pl.  If it were sg,
it would be EPISTOLHN.  See, e.g. Acts 15.30, 23.25 and 33; Rom 16.22; 1
Thess 5.27; 2 Pet 3.1.


george
gfsomsel
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