[B-Greek] Romans 11.26: ASEBEIAS

A. Philip Brown II pbrown at GBS.EDU
Sat May 22 21:11:41 EDT 2004


Thanks for the correction, Maurice.

I should have been more technically precise and said this is a quote from
the OT, either Paul quotes the LXX or translates the Hebrew text himself.
However, it strikes me as odd that the singular pesha' is translated by the
LXX with a plural ASEBEIAS, which is also mirrored in Rom. 11:26. This
happens in the LXX only here in Isa. 59:20 and 2/3x in Micah (3:8, 6:7?,
7:18). Interestingly enough, there are two other times in Micah where the
singular pesha' is translated with a singular asebeian (1:5 2x).  Makes me
wonder if the LXX translator considered pesha' a collective noun, with
singularity/plurality determined by context.

Philip Brown

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> Subject: RE: [B-Greek] Romans 11.26: ASEBEIAS
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>
> At 19:20 22/05/2004, A. Philip Brown II wrote:
>
> >Further, since this is a quote from the LXX and the Hebrew of Isa. 59:20
>
> Not quite the same -- Fitzmyer [ Anchor Bible 33 ] points out that:
>  >> Paul quotes Is. 59:20-21a in a form closer to the LXX than to the MT<<
> and that
>  >> Paul changes the prep. hENEKEN " for the sake of " to EK
> "from" perhaps
> under the influence of Ps.13(14):7 "TIS DWSEI EK SION"
>
>
> Maurice A. O'Sullivan  [ Bray, Ireland ]
> mauros at iol.ie
>
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