[B-Greek] John 8:58 as translation greek]

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Thu Feb 3 17:24:53 EST 2005


On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 13:22:36 EST Awohili at aol.com writes:
>  
> I wonder if there would even be this discussion if, instead of  
> paraphrasing 
> the Hebrew of Exodus 3:14, those LXX translators   would have 
> actually 
> translated it as Theodotion and Aquila did: ESOMAI  hOS ESOMAI, "I 
> will be who I will 
> be."
>  
> EGW EIM translates only one EHYEH of the Hebrew expression EHYEH 
> ASHER  EHYEH 
> found at Exodus 3:14.  The other EHYEH is paraphrased as  hO  WN.  
> Yet, even 
> the LXX translates the EHYEH of Exodus 3:12 correctly as  ESOMAI, "I 
> will be." 
>  Strangely, so do most English Bible translations of  the EHYEH of 
> Exodus 
> 3:12, rendering "I will be."  Why does this same Hebrew  word EHYEH 
> demand 
> translation as "I AM" at Exodus 3:14?
>  
> I don't see where John 8:58 has anything to do with Exodus 3:14, 
> whether in  
> Hebrew or in Greek.
>  
> Solomon Landers
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How many times must it be repeated?  EGW EIMI does not really come from
Ex 3.14 but from Isaiah.  See

. . . . . . . . . . . . . LXX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . MT
Is 43.25 EGW EIMI EGW EIMI                       )fNoKiY )fNoKiY HW.)
    46.4    hEWS GHROUS EGW EIMI           W:(aD_ZiQ:NfH )a:NiY HW.)
    46.9    hOTI EGW EIMI hO QEOS             K.iY )fNoKiY )"L

and 5-6 others.

george
gfsomsel
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