[B-Greek] Hebrews 6:1-2
A. Dirkzwager
dirkzwager at pandora.be
Sun Feb 27 09:29:53 EST 2005
I think there is more to say here.
The author mentions 6 subjects the newly converted (I date the letter to the
Hebrews very early) had to learn. By means of KAI and TE he makes 3 groups
of 2 subjects:
METANOIAS APO NEKRWN ERGWN KAI PISTEWS EPI QEON
BAPTISMWN DIDACHS EPIQESEWS TE CEIRWN
ANASTASEWS TE NEKRWN KAI KRIMATOS AIWNIOU.
Between the groups he is using only a connecting word (TE) after ANASTASEWS.
As you see the first group concerns the conversion, the second baptism (then
practised with EPIQESIS CEIRWN) and the third the future. So the existance
of the 3 groups is logically defendable.
Then BAPTISMWN is plural. So the DIDACH consists of information about
various forms of baptism. We can imagine the Jewish one mentioned by George
but also the baptism of proselytes, the baptism of John the Baptist and
Christian baptism.
Arie
Dr. A. Dirkzwager
Hoeselt, Belgium
e-mail dirkzwager at pandora.be
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Verzonden: zondag 27 februari 2005 13:28
Onderwerp: Re: [B-Greek] Hebrews 6:1-2
> On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 02:26:32 -0600 "Charles Rempel"
> <CharlesR at mygalaxyexpress.com> writes:
> > MH PALIN QEMELION KATABALLOMENOI METANOIAS APO NEKRWN ERGWN KAI
> > PISTEWS EPI
> > QEON BAPTISMWN DIDAXHS EPIQESEWS TE XEIRWN ANASTASEWS TE NEKRWN KAI
> > KRIMATOS
> > AINWNIO
> >
> > Two questions:
> >
> > How do you understand BAPTISMWN DIDAXHS?
> >
> > How are TE and KAI used in this sentence?
> >
> > Charles D. Rempel
> > 30 Year Student
> > Without Portfolio
> ___________________
>
> While there were ablutions in Judaism (check out info re: "mikvah"), I
> tend to think that this is in regard to Christian practices. I would
> understand it to refer to catechetical instruction prior to baptism. If
> I recall correctly, the early church had a fairly extended time of
> instruction (perhaps 2 yrs?) before full admittance to the fellowship of
> the eucharist. It must be remembered that the church at this time
> consisted mostly of new converts so that paedo-baptism was not so
> extensively practiced then. The catechumens were dismissed prior to the
> celebration of communion. This, however, is beyond the discussion of
> Greek and into church history so I'll leave it at that.
>
> TE . . . KAI is used in the standard fashion "not only A and B but also
> C."
>
> george
> gfsomsel
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