[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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