[B-Greek] 1 Cor 15:22
George F. Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Sun Jun 13 10:07:48 EDT 2004
On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 09:09:18 -0400 "Harold R. Holmyard III"
<hholmyard at ont.com> writes:
> >>Dear list,
> >>
> >>I am in controversy with a universalist, and we are discussing I
> Cor
> >>15:22, where one has:
> >>
> >>1Cor. 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be
> made
> >>alive.
> >>
> >>He think that in context this verse implies that everyone will be
> >>resurrected to glory. I pointed out that the proper nouns Adam
> and
> >>Christ are preceded by definite articles, but proper nouns
> usually
> >>usually lack the article. The definite articles before Adam and
> >>Christ in Greek suggest that these could be something other than
> >>strictly proper names. Rather, they might function conceptually
> to
> >>represent spheres or collectives. This is the first mention of
> Adam
> >>in the context, so it cannot be the definite article of previous
> >>reference.
> >>
> >>Does this suggestion have merit? Am I overlooking something?
> Thanks.
____________
hWSPER GAR EN TWi ADAM PANTES APOQNHiSKOUSIN, hOUTWS EN TWi XRISTWi
PANTES ZWiOPOIHQHSONTAI
As "No man is an island" so no text [well, almost] is an apothegm so this
cannot be divorced from its context. Is it really the first mention of
Adam? Paul was a "Pharisee of the Pharisees", a student of the eminent
Gamaliel. It is specifically recounted (Acts 22.2) that he spoke Hebrew
(as would be expected -- try to imagine a NT scholar who knew no Greek !
). He would have been well-aware that in Hebrew ADAM = ANQRWPOS in
Greek. Therefore
DI' ANQRWPOU QANATOS, KAI DI' ANQRWPOU ANASTASIS NEKRWN
Through man [scil, Adam] came death, and through man [came] the
resurrection of the dead
in the preceding becomes pertinent and even forms a parallel.
Additionally, the following must be considered
hEKASTOS DE EN TWi IDIWi TAGMATI . . . hOI TOU XRISTOU EN THi PAROUSIAi
AUTOU
each in his own group [i.e. TOU XRISTOU or TOU ADAM] . . . those who are
Christ's at his coming.
This would seem to set up a teaching of the "Two Ways" which makes its
appearance in the early Church Fathers.
"There are two ways of doctrine and authority, the one of light, and the
other of darkness. But there is a great difference between these two
ways."
Epistle of Barnabas, Chapter 18
gfsomsel
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