[B-Greek] 1 Peter 1:15"
Charles Rempel
CharlesR at mygalaxyexpress.com
Fri Dec 31 15:04:56 EST 2004
CWC:
I gather from your subject-header change that you don't want to talk about
the
middle voice but solely about the proper translation of 1 Peter 1:15.
CDR:
You are correct. I found your comments to be lucid and pertinent to a degree
and I picked out that aspect which contributed to the discussion of 1 Peter
1:15.
As to your observations on the middle voice, what I saw in your posting was
very interesting. However, due to the fact that the rest of the world talks
in terms of active, passive and middle that is the lingua franca that is
valid at this time. When talking between ourselves we could use NMP, MP1 and
MP2 and we would understand each other without further explanation. When you
have convinced everyone to adopt your symantics then it will become the
norm. Good Luck:-)
As to theory: a theory is only as good as its specific application to a
particular word. If your grammatical rules will not fit GENHQHHTE then it
becomes an exception to the rule and the rule does not apply.
And so my contention is that GENHQHHTE is passive. The rendering of the
concept from the Greek to the English is not quite as simple.
Charles D. Rempel
30 year student
Without Portfolio
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