[B-Greek] LXX Isaiah 43:1

Polycarp66 at aol.com Polycarp66 at aol.com
Sun Jan 11 23:55:55 EST 2004


In a message dated 1/11/2004 11:22:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
hholmyard at ont.com writes:


> >But what happens if the comma is not introduced?  EKALESA SE TO ONOMA SOU
> >EMOS EI SU.  Could EMOS EI SU then be understood as a proper name?
> >Translated something like, "I have named you: You are Mine."
> 
> That strikes me as an odd handling of the material. Naming involved having
> authority over what was named. So the first sentence might have logically
> suggested the second. "You are Mine" would be an odd proper name, I think.
> 

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Although I don't think that such a handling of the text would be correct, 
this understanding would not be completely unprecedented.  Cf. Hosea's naming of 
his children in Hos 2.8 (LXX)

KAI EIPEN, KALESON TO ONOMA AUTOU "OU-LAOS-MOU", DIOTI hUMEIS OU LAOS MOU, 
KAI EGW OUK EIMI hUMWN.

gfsomsel



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