[B-Greek] him which is, and which was, and which is to come

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Tue Nov 22 17:02:22 EST 2005


On Nov 22, 2005, at 4:08 PM, craig wrote:

>>> hO WN KAI hO HN KAI hO ERCOMENOS as a whole formulation is John's
>>> rendering
>>> of the Hebrew tetragrammaton--not just hO WN. So the whole
>>> expression is a
>>> title, God's "name".
>>
>> While this is an interesting hypothesis, I hardly think it is
>> demonstrable, at least on the basis of evidence that can be
>> discussed in this forum.
>>
>>
>> Carl W. Conrad
>
> Wouldn't the consistent use of nominative indicate the whole thing  
> is some
> kind of forumala, or 'package'? Or would the initial indeclinable form
> govern the following forms with APO as well?
>
> (Whether or not is meant to have 1:1 rendering of tetragrammaton...)

I don't doubt that it was meant to be a unit referring to God; I just  
question whether it was intended to represent the tetragram as such.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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