[B-Greek] Rom 1,17 prep phrase

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sun Jun 13 09:17:32 EDT 2004


At 7:43 AM -0500 6/13/04, Harold R. Holmyard III wrote:
>Dear Carl,
>
>>  >hO DE DIKAIOS EK PISTEWS ZHSETAI
>>
>>This has been discussed many times in the past in this forum; inasmuch as
>>the text is cited directly from Hab 2:4, one has to wonder whether Paul is
>>taking it directly from the LXX or is citing it from memory; in the LXX it
>>reads hO DE DIKAIOS EK PISTEWS MOU ZHSETAI, " .... but the righteous man
>>will live from MY faithfulness" (God speaking).
>
>HH: But look at a verse like Mark 11:22, where the genitive after
>PISTIS works differently:
>
>Mark 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
>
>HH: Isn't it possible that in Hab 2:4 LXX the idea is: "the one
>righteous by faith in Me will live"?

Well, of course, we can go back to our discussion of a week ago about
"subjective" and "objective" genitive; these things have to be resolved by
careful analysis of the context. This verse in Hab is difficult enough to
sort out with confidence.

An even more serious question is what the original text most likely read;
the MT has the suffix -O: "by his AMUNAH."
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
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