[B-Greek] Hebrews 2:5 New World Order
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Jun 29 17:56:05 EDT 2004
At 9:39 AM +1200 6/30/04, Eddie Van Gent wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>I think I have found the New World Order in Hebrews 2:5. Any comments on the
>significance of the continuous adjectival participle MELLOUSIN?
>
>THN OIKOUMENHN THN MELLOUSAN
> continuous ptc afs
>"the new world order"
You mean the proverbial NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM of Vergil's Eclogue 4 and the
U.S. one-dollar bill? I think that THN MELLOUSAN here simply conveys in
Greek the sense of Hebrew ha-Ba in OLAM HA-BA, the "age to come."
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Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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