[B-Greek] LXX Isaiah 43:1

Albert Pietersma albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Mon Jan 12 00:23:43 EST 2004


Ziegler, incidentally, has the same punctuation as Rahlfs. You are 
right about the punctuation. Cf. e.g Hosea 1.6: KALESON TO ONOMA AUTHS 
OUK HLEHMENH.  The punctuation, therefore, serves an interpretive 
purpose. Both Rahlfs and Ziegler are saying by means of it that EMOS EI 
SU is not a name.
It seems to me we have to go back to the source text and ask whether LY 
  )TH is a personal name.  I would say  No, because the Hebrew says: I 
called you BY your name. Therefore, the sense of the Hebrew is: Since I 
put my stamp on you, you belong to me.
Since there is no grammatical need to read the Greek differently, it 
should be read the same. KALEW often takes a double accusative.
Al
On Jan 11, 2004, at 5:13 PM, donald larsen wrote:

> I have a question about the punctuation of the last clause in LXX 
> Isaiah 43:1.  Rahlfs reads:  EKALESA SE TO ONOMA SOU, EMOS EI SU.  
> This punctuation reads EMOS EI SU as a separate independent clause.  I 
> would translate, "I have called you by name, you are mine."  This 
> translation treats TO ONOMA SOU as an accusative of respect, and makes 
> good sense to me.
>
> 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."
>
> I'd appreciate your responses.
>
> Don Larsen
> Hartford Seminary
>
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