[B-Greek] Antonyms?

Jeffrey B. Gibson jgibson000 at comcast.net
Sat Jan 3 11:37:26 EST 2004



Troels Hansen wrote:

> Aarhus, Denmark, January 3. 2004
>
> Dear fellow-B-greekers!
>
> I have always wanted to know who the 'poor in spirit' (Matt 5:3) really were. So I ask you if there is any chance that 'PTWCOS TW PNEUMATI' and 'KRATAIOW PNEUAMATI' (Luk 1:80) might somehow be antonyms?

Given that "poor in spirit" seems to have been a self designation of the Qumran covenanters, and connoted a sense of how one's own group, in distinction from others, was really the true Israel, I'm inclined
to say no.

Yours,

Jeffrey Gibson
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