[B-Greek] Event words

Elizabeth Kline kline-dekooning at earthlink.net
Mon Aug 29 00:49:13 EDT 2005


On Aug 28, 2005, at 7:52 PM, Eddie Mishoe wrote:

> Romans 5:2 ends...
>
> KAI KAUCWMEQA EP’ ELPIDI THS DOXHS TOU QEOU
>
> One commentary I've consulted indicates that DOXHS is
> an "event word," and that the relationship it has with
> ELPIDI needs to be expressed. He suggests: we boast in
> the hope that God will reveal his glory.
>

DOXA appears in theophanies Isa 6:1 LXX, Ezek. 1:28 LXX. DOXA is  
found in contexts of apokalypsis. Apokalypsis is an event. Some of us  
would say that DOXA may be located in an event frame or more  
specifically an apokalypsis frame.

The proposition "DOXHS is an event word" has problems since DOXA is  
also found in non-event frames for example:

MATT. 6:29 LEGW DE hUMIN hOTI OUDE SOLOMWN EN PASHi THi DOXHi AUTOU  
PERIEBALETO hWS hEN TOUTWN.

Here DOXA is a state. One might argue that the state implies  
apokalypsis but that seems like saying that sunlight is an event word  
because the sun shines.


Elizabeth Kline







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