[B-Greek] ANAGNWSIS
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Thu May 5 09:06:24 EDT 2005
On Thu, 5 May 2005 11:22:20 +0200 "A. J. Birch" <AJBIRCH at terra.es>
writes:
> Dear 'B-Greekers',
>
> I don't know whether this has come up before, but my question is:
> does the Greek word ANAGNWSIS necessarily imply public reading, or
> can it also refer to private reading? Of the three (?) Greek New
> Testament texts in which the word is found, two (Acts 13:15 and 2nd
> Corinthians 3:14) seem to suggest public reading, and commentators
> seem divided regarding the third (1st Timothy 4:13). But the verb
> ANAGINWSKW (found thirty-three times in the Greek New Testament,
> apparently) seems to be used in all the same ways that our English
> word 'read' is used - i. e. in private, in public, etc. I would
> appreciate any light on this.
>
> Andrew J. Birch
> Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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While William Warren has given you a reasonably comprehensive answer, I
think you have missed one of the more striking uses of ANAGINWSKW (the
cognate verb) in the form of the participle of Re 1.3
MAKARIOS hO ANAGINWSKWN KAI hOI AKOUONTES TOUS LOGOUS THS PROPHTEIAS KAI
THROUNTES TA EN AUTHi GEGRAMMENA, hO GAR KAROS EGGUS.
Happy is the lector [the one who reads aloud] and the congregation [those
who hear] the words of this prophecy and keep what is written in it for
the time is near.
This obviously entails a very public situation: viz. public worship.
george
gfsomsel
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