[B-Greek] Philo use the definite article

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Tue Oct 4 19:55:36 EDT 2005


On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 17:27:26 -0300 Octavio Rodriguez <octaviors at gmail.com>
writes:
> I have two questions about the Greek in this passage of Philo of 
> Alexandria.
> Excuse i don´t have the greek text of this , if anybody have this , 
> please
> send me , that will help me in my studies
>  Philo (On Dreams book 1,39) said:
>  "... But it is not right for the man who anchors on the hope of 
> the
> alliance of God to crouch and tremble, to whom God says, "I am the 
> God who
> was seen by thee in the place of God." A very glorious boast for the 
> soul,
> that God should think fit to appear to and to converse with it. And 
> do not
> pass by what is here said, but examine it accurately, and see 
> whether there
> are really two Gods. For it is said: "I am the God who was seen by 
> thee;"
> not in my place, but in the place of God, as if he meant of some 
> other God.
> What then ought we to say? There is one true God only: but they who 
> are
> called Gods, by an abuse of language, are numerous; on which account 
> the
> holy scripture on the present occasion indicates that it is the true 
> God
> that is meant by the use of the article, the expression being, "I am 
> the God
> (ho Theos);" but when the word is used incorrectly, it is put 
> without the
> article, the expression being, "He who was seen by thee in the 
> place," not
> of the God (tou Theou), but simply "of God" (Theou); ..."
>  question1 : I don´t find in the Bible the text "I am the God who 
> was seen
> by thee in the place of God" .
>  qestion 2: I don´t understand how the Greek "ho theos" is better 
> than
> "theos" in linguistic sense.
>  Is "ho theos" equal to "very God" in Greek, or simply "the God" ?.
>  Best Regards
> Octavio Rodriguez
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§ 227     f?s? ???· “???a?a ?sa s?? ??ßa? p??e?,” t??a?t?a d?p???e? ???
?d???s?µ?? ???, t? d?s???a?t?? ?a? t? ?d???µ??, t? p??t? s??ta??? ????
??? ?? ??? ?atept????a? t?? ??p?d? ?e?a? s?µµa??a? ?f??µ???ta, ? ?a?
???eta?· “??? e?µ? ? ?e?? ? ?f?e?? s?? ?? t?p? ?e??” 
§ 228     p???a??? ?e a???µa ????, t? ?????? ?e?? ?p?fa??es?a? ?a?
???µ??e?? a?t?. µ? pa?????? d? t? e???µ????, ???? ????ß?? ???tas??, e? t?
??t? d?? e?s? ?e??· ???eta? ??? ?t? “??? e?µ? ? ?e?? ? ?f?e?? s??”, ???
?? t?p? ?µ?, ???' “?? t?p? ?e??,” ?? ?? ?t???? 
§ 229     t? ??? ??? ???e??; ? µ?? ????e?? ?e?? e?? ?st??, ?? d' ??
?ata???se? ?e??µe??? p?e????. d?? ?a? ? ?e??? ????? ?? t? pa???t? t?? µ??
????e?? d?? t?? ?????? µeµ????e? e?p??· “??? e?µ? ? ?e??”, t?? d' ??
?ata???se? ????? ?????? f?s???· “? ?f?e?? s?? ?? t?p?,” ?? t?? ?e??, ???'
a?t? µ???? “?e??.” 
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§ 227 FHSI GAR; "hEWRAKA hOSA SOI LABAN POIEI," T'ANANTIA DHPOUQEN hOIS
EDWRHSAMHN EGW, TO DUSKAQARTON KAI  TO ADOKIMON, TO PANTHi SKOTAION ALLA
GAR OU XRH KATEPTHXENAI TON ELPIDI QEIAS SUMMAXIAS EFORMOUNTA, hWi KAI
LEGETAI; "EGW EIMI hO QEOS hO OFQEIS SOI EN TOPWi QEOU"

§ 228 PAGKALON GE AUXHMA YUXHi, TO ACIOUN QEON EPIFAINESQAI KAI ENOMILEIN
AUTHi.  MH PARELQHiS DE TO EIRHMENON, ALLA AKRIBWS ECETASON, EI TWi ONTI
DUO EISI QEOI; LEGETAI GAR hOTI "EGW EIMI hO QEOW hO OFQEIS SOI", OUK EN
TOPWi EMWi, ALL' "EN TOPWi QEOU," hWS AAN hETEROU 

§ 229 TI OUN XRH LEGEIN?  hO MEN ALHQEIAi QEOS hEIS ESTIN, hOI D' EN
KATAXRHSEI LEGOMENOI PLEIOUS.  DIO KAI hO hIEROS LOGOS EN TWi PARONTI TON
MEN ALHQEIAi DIA TOU ARQROU MEMHNUKEN EIPWN; "EGW EIMI hO QEOS", TON D'
EN KATAXRHSEI XWRIS ARQROU FASKWN; "hO OFQEIS SOI EN TOPWi," OU TOU QEOU,
ALL' AUTO MONON "QEOU." 

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george
gfsomsel
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