[B-Greek] ANEPILHMPTON/ANEPILHPTON in 1 Timothy 3:2

Larry Overton lgo at larryoverton.com
Wed Jul 21 16:45:26 EDT 2004


Note: I posted a reply to Carl Conrad earlier, but unfortunately clicked
"Reply" instead of "Reply All." My comments were intended not only for
Carl, but for the whole list. I post them now (see below). LGO.

On Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:51 AM, Carl Conrad wrote:

> I may not be answering your real question, but perhaps I'm
> not sure just what that real question is. This is primarily
> a matter of earlier and later spellings of LAMBANW compounds.
> The older spelling does not have the M  which is found in the
> present stem only and which  really doesn't belong to the root
> of the verb LAB. Later spellings  of the verbal adjective and
> the aorist passive participle carry over the epenthetic M of
> the present stem. There is of course no difference in meaning.
>

Actually, Carl, I believe this does answer my question, which essentially
was about the dating, if you will, of the two spellings. I'm sorry if I
didn't make that clear. I understand you to be saying, then, that the
spelling ANEPILHPTON is the older of the two. So then, would it be correct
to say that the copyists of the MSS and subsequent editions of the Greek
text that contain the reading ANEPILHMPTON were not supplying/restoring a
more ancient form of spelling to the text, but rather were following a
spelling in vogue in their own day? Or am I missing something?

Larry G. Overton




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