[B-Greek] Revelation 2:6 nicolaitans

Elizabeth Kline kline-dekooning at earthlink.net
Sun Dec 25 10:27:19 EST 2005


On Dec 25, 2005, at 4:29 AM, Georg S. Adamsen wrote:

> In general, I would think that we should not translate names, even if
> symbolical, but render them as names.


On Dec 25, 2005, at 5:15 AM, Susan Jeffers wrote:
> It seems to me that translating NIKOLAITWN as anything other than
> "Nicolaitans" is getting beyond the bounds of translation (and
> b-greek) into interpretation, homiletics, something other than the
> Greek.  In other words, it's not a question of the Greek word itself,
> but of socio-historical and/or literary context.


While I agree with both Susan and Georg, the question gets a little  
sticky in Homer and tragic playwrights were an epitaph may be used  
alone and function as a name. The semantic content of an epitaph is  
lost if not translated. However, I don't know if anyone would want to  
argue this point for NIKOLAITWN.


Elizabeth Kline







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