[B-Greek] PARAPTWMA and PARAPIPTW
Albert Pietersma
albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Fri Apr 15 15:54:51 EDT 2005
From a Septuagintal perspective I might just add a couple of comments
to Carl's notes.
1. That the pairing of Hebrew M(L (vd. act unfaithfully, treacherously;
noun unfaithful, treacherous act) with Greek PARAPIPTW / PARAPTWMA is
peculiar to Ezekiel.
2. In light of the pairing one might expect semantic overlap.
3. The overlap seems to occur only at the fairly general level of
"falling away"
4. There is therefore no good reason to posit a more specific sense on
the basis of the Ezekiel passages
Al
On Apr 15, 2005, at 12:36 PM, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
> At 4:55 PM +0200 4/15/05, A. J. Birch wrote:
>> Dear Professor Conrad,
>>
>> I don't want to 'press a case' where there isn't one to 'press', but I
>> would appreciate any comments you may have on the combined use of the
>> noun
>> PARAPTWMA and the verb PARAPIPTW in the LXX of Ezekiel (14:13; 15:8;
>> 18:24; 20:27). Is the verb being used in these texts in a general way
>> (i.
>> e. simply meaning 'to commit' sin(s)? What led me to this was the
>> only (?)
>> 'appearance' of the verb PARAPIPTW in the Greek New Testament (in
>> Hebrews
>> 6:6), where the verb seems to have a meaning closer to its etymology
>> than
>> is the case with the noun.
>
> It's an interesting question. I retain my doubts about the etymological
> association.
>
> Ezekiel 14:13 is interesting in that it uses BOTH verbs, hAMARTANW and
> PARAPIPTW--and both seem to refer to rebellion against God or
> violation of
> God's will in general rather than specific terms:
>
> hUIE ANQRWPOU, GH EAN hAMARTHi MOI TOU PARAPESEIN PARAPTWMA KAI EKTENW
> THN
> CEIRA MOU EP' AUTHN KAI SUNTRIYW AUTHS STHRIGMA ARTOU KAI EXAPOSTELW
> EP'
> AUTHN LIMON KAI EXARAW EX AUTHS ANQRWPON KAI KTHNH ...
>
> Here and in other LXX entries, esp. from Ezekiel the verb doesn't seem
> to
> refer to a concrete instance of transgression/violation of God's will,
> but
> rather to disown God and His will. PARAPTWMA here appears not to be a
> direct object but rather to be in the cognate accusative reflecting the
> Hebrew construct infinitive. So the expression PARAPESEIN PARAPTWMA
> does
> indeed seem to be general--not "commit a sin" but "be unfaithful in
> unfaithfulness" or something like that. This differs, I think, from
> Eph 2:1
> where both nouns are in the plural.
>
> According to BDAG the later sense seems to be akin to that of hAMARTANW
>
> PARAPIPTW In the pap mostly = become lost) lit. 'fall beside', then 'go
> astray, miss' (Polyb. 3, 54, 5 THS hODOU; fig. 12, 12, 2 THS ALHQEIAS;
> 8,
> 11, 8 TOU KAQHKONTOS); abs. (X., Hell. 1, 6, 4; Polyb. 18, 36, 6=make a
> mistake) and in the sense to fail to follow through on a commitment,
> fall
> away, commit apostasy (Wsd 6:9; 12:2; Ezk 22:4) Hb 6:6 (s. K
> Bornhaeuser,
> Empfaenger u. Verf. des Hb '32). Also w. acc. of inner content
> (cognate;
> B-D-F §154; Rob. 477f) hOSA PAREKPESAMEN whatever sins we have
> committed 1
> Cl 51:1.-M-M. TW.
> --
>
> Carl W. Conrad
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Albert Pietersma
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Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
University of Toronto
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