[B-Greek] Theological Passives.
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Sat Feb 11 23:55:07 EST 2006
On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:26:00 -0800 Elizabeth Kline
<kline-dekooning at earthlink.net> writes:
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> On Feb 11, 2006, at 8:27 PM, George F Somsel wrote:
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> > I'm not surewhat you are referring to ...
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> The use of the passive voice to circumvent the explicit mention of
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> God as an agent.
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> See R.A.Young page 135 InterNTGkGR.
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> Example Matt 5:4-9
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> MATT. 5:4 MAKARIOI hOI PENQOUNTES, hOTI AUTOI PARAKLHQHSONTAI. 5
> MAKARIOI hOI PRAEIS, hOTI AUTOI KLHRONOMHSOUSIN THN GHN. 6 MAKARIOI
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> hOI PEINWNTES KAI DIYWNTES THN DIKAIOSUNHN, hOTI AUTOI
> CORTASQHSONTAI. 7 MAKARIOI hOI ELEHMONES, hOTI AUTOI ELEHQHSONTAI.
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> 8 MAKARIOI hOI KAQAROI THi KARDIAi, hOTI AUTOI TON QEON OYONTAI. 9
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> MAKARIOI hOI EIRHNOPOIOI, hOTI AUTOI hUIOI QEOU KLHQHSONTAI.
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> Elizabeth Kline
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That would have been my guess. I think it rather likely in the case of
Mt since he refers to the "Kingdom of God" as the "Kingdom of Heaven"
thus demonstrating a disinclination to use "the Name" in accordance with
Jewish practice. This would likewise be an an attempt to avoid the
utterance of the divine name. The problem with this idea is that he
nevertheless uses the word QEOS 51 times in the NA-27.
george
gfsomsel
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