[B-Greek] Rev 3:10

Joseph Weaks j.weaks at tcu.edu
Sat Mar 13 20:26:37 EST 2004


On Mar 13, 2004, at 3:31 PM, Polycarp66 at aol.com wrote:
>> 2. there's is not much conceptual difference between "from" and "out 
>> of" if
>> the sense is "from out of".

> Only the difference of preservation or rescue.

However, this is to me an example of a hyper-grammatical emphasis. I 
feel quite comfortable with the notion that a late first century writer 
and reader, inspired or other-wise, and a first century reader would be 
equally satisfied with APO, for instance.
Yes, I remember from my first flashcards that APO is away from and EK 
is out of, but as soon as we learned that, my magnificent teacher 
(David Martinez at Chicago University) stuck our noses in Xenephon 
where we discovered how things are in the real world.
I think the tensive ambiguity of Revelation is quite intentional.

Until the trumpets blow,
Joe Weaks

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Rev. Joseph A. Weaks
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Leander Keck Fellow of New Testament Studies, Brite Divinity School, 
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