[B-Greek] translation of phrase
Steven Lo Vullo
slovullo at mac.com
Wed Sep 22 18:53:21 EDT 2004
On Sep 22, 2004, at 7:02 AM, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
>> I am looking for a phrase to be translated from English into how it
>> would of appeared in the bible. the phrase is "AFTER CRUCIFIXION COMES
>> RESURRECTION". If anybody could be of help that would be great. my
>> e-mail address is gavin at doughty7545.fsnet.co.uk.
>
> Since nobody's tackled this yet, I'll take a stab--that sometimes at
> least
> evokes ripostes.
>
> In view of Mark's second Passion Prediction: (9:31-- hOTI ...
> APOKTANQEIS
> META TREIS hHMERAS ANASTHSETAI) one might simply put it as STAURWQEIS
> DE
> ANASTHSETAI/EGERQHSETAI (the two verbs are synonymous).
The masculine participle/third person finite verb seems too specific
and personal for the general and aphoristic sense of the English.
> In my view it would be unidiomatic to mimic the English construction
> with
> verbal nouns, e.g. META DE THN STAURWSIN GINETAI hH ANASTASIS (although
> that would be grammatically permissible); better might be a metonymous
> usage: META DE TON STAURON hH ANASTASIS or articular infinitives: META
> DE
> TO STAURWQHNAI TO ANASTHNAI/EGERQHNAI.
I like the last option with the articular infinitives. It is idiomatic
as well as general and aphoristic (at least outside of a context).
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Steven Lo Vullo
Madison, WI
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