[B-Greek] KHRUKAS, Martyrdom of Polycarp 2.4
Jim West
jwest at highland.net
Sun Jan 23 08:57:08 EST 2005
>>
>>I have been a lurker for quite a long time and now I'm at my wits
>>end about this particular text.
>>The text is The Martyrdom of Polycarp 2.4
>>hOMOIWS DE KAI hOI EIS TA QHRIA KATAKRIQENTES hUPEMEINAN DEINAS
>>KOLASEIS, KHRUKAS MEN hUPOSTRWNNUMENOI KAI ALLAIS POIKILWN BASANWN
>>IDEAIS KOLAFIZOMENOI hINA ...
>>
>>Can anybody help me with KHRUKAS, because I don't have a clue. I
>>don't even know whether it is a verb or a noun. Perseus
>>morphological analysis said it was accusative plural of KHRUX, yet I
>>still don't get it.
>>My Michael Holmes' Apostolic Fathers translates it as: And in a
>>similar manner those who were condemned to the wild beasts endured
>>terible punishment, the were forced to lie on sharp shells ...
>>Is it shells? What's the lexical form? And why the accusative in
>>connection with the nominative participle of hUPOSTORNUMI? Any help
>>will be welcome.
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>
Bart Ehrman, who used to be a list participant, and may still be, was at
last I heard working on a translation of the Apostolic Fathers. If
anyone can answer your query, he can. If he's not on list you can
always write him directly. Bart?
Best,
Jim
--
Jim West
Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies
Quartz Hill School of Theology
http://web.infoave.net/~jwest
http://biblical-studies.blogspot.com
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