[B-Greek] More on AIONIOS
Doug A Chaplin
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Tue Oct 26 16:54:20 EDT 2004
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Subject: RE: [B-Greek] More on AIONIOS
Gabe Chester asked>
> I wonder what everyone might have to say regarding the merits of
> the following quote by Joseph A. Baird....
>
> "'Eternal fire,' for example, does not necessarily mean a fire
> that burns endlessly (quantitative meaning), but may also mean a
> fire 'peculiar to the realm and the nature of God' (qualitative meaning)."
Ivar Larsen responded
> AIWNIOS is used in the NT mainly in connection with ZWH (43 out of 71
> times), but also in connection with punishment and fire, and a few other
> instances.
> Louw and Nida says: "pertaining to an unlimited duration of time".
However, Louw and Nida also say:
"In combination with ZWH, there is evidently not only a temporal element,
but also a qualitative distinction."
How much weight one puts on the qualitative component is partly a matter of
approach to language and how much weight you might give to its relation with
AIWN as well as to the words it is found in combination with, but also a
matter of theological perspective (which lies outside the scope of this
list).
I would, myself, give a much higher weight to qualitative perspectives than
Ivar does.
Doug Chaplin
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