[B-Greek] akataskeuastos in Gen. 1:1 LXX
Albert Pietersma
albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Fri Feb 11 18:47:53 EST 2005
Since I made no attribution but followed a strand, let him whom the
shoe fits wear it.
Al
On Feb 11, 2005, at 6:36 PM, George F Somsel wrote:
> 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
> __________________
>
> Since this is the second time this has appeared, I must enter a
> disclaimer. I did not write this but replied to this question.
> Please,
> be more careful in editing posts to which you reply so as not to
> misrepresent who said what.
>
> george
> gfsomsel
> ___________
>
>
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Albert Pietersma
Professor of Septuagint and Hellenistic Greek
Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
University of Toronto
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