[B-Greek] akataskeuastos in Gen. 1:1 LXX

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Fri Feb 11 18:36:44 EST 2005


On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:15:04 -0500 Albert Pietersma
<albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca> writes:
> 
> On Feb 11, 2005, at 2:43 PM, Revdpickrel at wmconnect.com wrote:
> 
> > In a message dated 2/11/2005 3:51:19 AM Central Standard Time,
> > gfsomsel at juno.com writes:
> >
> >
> >>> I have always thought the adjective AKATASKEUASTOS in LXX Gen. 
> 1:1
> >>> an  odd
> >>> choice by the translator.  Anyone know if recent finds have shed 
> any
> >>>  light on
> >>> this?
> >>>
> >
> > George,
> > I found AKATASKEUASTOS somewhere as "adj masc and fem nom sg", 
> meaning 
> > an
> > empty waste place, unfurnished, a void.
> Though the Greek is mildly interpretive of the Hebrew, it would seem 
> 
> eminently intelligible based on standard meanings of AORATOS and 
> AKATASKEUASTOS. Since the light has not yet been created the earth 
> is 
> invisible and since the creation has not yet to begin the earth is 
> not 
> as yet furnished for habitation. The NETS translation is now 
> available 
> at http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nets/edition/
> Al
> >
> > Doug Pickrel
> > Tejas Valley
> > San Antonio, TX
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george
gfsomsel
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