[B-Greek] Heb 7,24
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed May 5 15:34:05 EDT 2004
At 10:19 AM -0700 5/5/04, Eddie Mishoe wrote:
>hO DE DIA TO MENEIN AUTON EIS TON AIWNA APARABATON
>ECEI THN hIERWSUNHN
>
>>From the book by Greenlee (whom I shall now call the
>editor) that I referenced before, this note appears
>(pg. 265):
>
>QUESTION-- How is the adjective APARABATON
>'unchangeable' related to the noun hIERWSUNHN
>'priesthood'?
>
>2. The adjective is translated with attributive
>meaning (which violates Greek grammar).
>
><end quote>
>
>I take it that someone here understands an attributive
>meaning to violate Greek grammar. How so?
Maurice O'Sullivan has cited the rule regarding attributive functions of
the article, but it doesn't appear to me that he's dealt with the question
how APARABATON is or is not attributive. I think that if it WERE
attributive, we ought normally to have THN APARABATON hIERWSUNHN or
hIERWSUNHN THN APARABATON or TH hIERWSUNHN THN APARABATON and we'd
understand the accusative phrase as "the unchangeable priesthood." I think
however that APARABATON here is really predicative and the sense is rather,
"he retains the priesthood AS ONE THAT IS unchangeable" or "he retains the
priesthood SO THAT IT IS UNCHANGEABLE." That is to say, APARABATON doesn't
simply describe the priesthood but says something is true about the
priestshood because it is held by the one who remains forever.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
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