[B-Greek] Titus 2:13
Harold Holmyard
hholmyard at ont.com
Fri Aug 25 21:55:25 EDT 2006
Edgar Foster wrote:
>Speaking of Sharp's Rule, I came across a passage in
>Maximus of Tyre (Dissertatio 2.10) and I wonder
>whether it has any relevance to the aforesaid rule:
>
>hO MEN GAR QEOS, hO TWN ONTWN PATHR KAI DHMIOURGOS,
>[hO] PRESBUTEROS MEN hHLIOU . . .
>
>Of course, Maximus is extracting concepts from Timaeus
>28C:
>
>TON MEN OUN POIHTHN KAI PATERA TOUS hEUREIN. . .
>
>Plato seems to have one entity in mind, although
>Plutarch interprets Timaeus 28C as a reference to a
>transcendent Father along with a Demiurge.
>
>
HH: I would think yes, so what Plutarch said strikes me as odd.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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