[B-Greek] TRWGW = Chew?

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Feb 23 21:32:32 EST 2004


At 9:16 PM -0500 2/23/04, Ron Snider wrote:
>I trust that we all know that Jesus was talking about eating His flesh
>and drinking His blood as a metaphor for faith...eating and drinking
>symbolize faith, something common to every member of the human race.
>His flesh symbolizes His person, His hypostatic union of deity and
>humanity.  His blood symbolizes His work on the cross, between 12-3 PM,
>when He bore the sins of the world.  We have access to His person and
>work, by faith.  (Rom. 5:1).  In some ways, the discussion of the
>grammar here, as it seems to me, only clouds the true issues of which He
>was speaking.

The question as raised originally and discussed until now has steered clear
of theology, which really did NOT need to be brought in at all. The
question is simply whether TRWGW in Hellenistic usage has become the common
equivalent of the older classical ESQIW. That question should be resolved
without any special revelation or theological reflection. Please do not
inject it into the discussion here.
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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