[B-Greek] Gal 1:12 EDIDACQHN
William Hassold
sarwilha at atlantic.net
Sun May 22 16:07:14 EDT 2005
I believe EDIDACQH is a so-called numinous passive, where Paul, as a good
Jew hesitates to name the name of God. Rather he uses the passive voice to
indicate that God was the teacher.
Will
Hassold
retired
Lutheran Pastor
formerly
professor of Greek, Concordia College, Ann Arbor, MI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mitch Larramore" <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>
To: "B Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 2:07 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] Gal 1:12 EDIDACQHN
>
> OUDE GAR EGW PARA ANQRWPOU PARELABON AUTO, OUTE
> EDIDACQHN, ALLA DI' APOKALUYEWS IHSOU CRISTOU
>
> The reason for the following question is because I am
> unable to see any difference in "receiving it" and
> "being taught it."
>
> Is it remotely possible to take EDIDACQHN as Middle? I
> think this might be a stretch, but I would then
> understand Paul to be saying something like this:
>
> I neither received it from a human nor did I teach it
> (that is, it wasn't something I concocted and taught
> on my own) but [I received it] through a revelation
> from Jesus Christ
>
> I believe I've read in earlier posts here where there
> is a fairly close affinity between the Middle and
> Active, and as can be seen, my English translation
> above must use the English Active Voice to try to get
> this Greek Middle idea across.
>
> Even if I'm wrong (which I suspect is highly likely),
> being corrected will help me understand the extent to
> which a Middle voice can be used.
>
>
>
> Mitch Larramore
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