[B-Greek] Rev 3:10

Arie Dirkzwager dirkzwager at pandora.be
Sun Mar 14 03:11:40 EST 2004


Already in secundary school I learnt that THREW EK or RUOMAI EK is a normal
combination meaning "to protect from" or "to save from".
For those who like to see a semitical parallel: Psalm 34: 20 miqqullah. This
verse shows also that this expression does not mean that the persons who are
protected do not really experience the calamity they are saved from.
So it is a normal Greek expression recurring (if I may say so) in Hebrew.

Arie

Dr. A. Dirkzwager
Hoeselt, Belgium
e-mail dirkzwager at pandora.be

----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: "Joseph Weaks" <j.weaks at tcu.edu>
Aan: "B Greek" <B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Verzonden: zondag 14 maart 2004 2:26
Onderwerp: Re: [B-Greek] Rev 3:10


>
> 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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