[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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