[B-Greek] anarthrous KURIOS in 2 Peter 3

Awohili at aol.com Awohili at aol.com
Thu Dec 1 19:49:23 EST 2005


 
Influence of the Tetragrammaton may be there, since Peter in that section  of 
verses is speaking of what the Hebrew Scriptures refer to as the (judgment)  
"Day of YHWH."  Some Hebrew translations of the Greek text do in fact use  the 
Tetragrammaton in 2nd Peter chapter 3.  For example, the Delitizsch  
translation (19th century C.E.) translates KURIOS by YHWH in verses 8, 9, and  10, and 
so does the UBS Hebrew version of 1983.
 
Also, I think this replicates a feature of the Greek Septuagint, in using  an 
anarthrous KURIOS where the Hebrew text has YHWH, and the Septuagint was in  
many cases the Bible of the early church.
 
Solomon Landers 
 
In a message dated 12/01/2005 12:46:32 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
hoovmoss at iowatelecom.net writes:

In working  through the Greek on 2 Peter 3:8-15, I noticed that frequently
KURIOS is  anarthrous.  Given an earlier discussion about hAGIA PNEUMA in
Mark, I  am guessing that this is a case of KURIOS serving as a proper noun.
Is it  also possible that this is influenced by the Tetragrammaton, which is
a  proper noun in Hebrew and thus anarthrous?

Thanks and  blessings,

Lorinda Hoover







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