[B-Greek] hINA clause in Rev.13:16
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Thu Jan 5 08:54:19 EST 2006
On Jan 3, 2006, at 1:07 PM, Webb wrote:
> Carl,
> KAI POIEI PANTAS...hINA DWSIN AUTOIS XARAGMA EPI THS CEIROS AUTWN
> THS DEXIAS
> H EPI TO METWPON AUTWN
> Taking off on your comment, could this be interpreted as, "And he
> makes
> everyone...give themselves (hAUTOIS, indistinguishable in the
> presumably
> uncial original from AUTOIS) a stamp on their right hand/arm or on
> their
> forehead"? Although it's a tempting notion, my suspicion is that
> none of the
> ancient versions will take this line, and none of the Greek
> miniscules in
> N-A shows it. Is it possible, grammatically?
Webb, I do think the grammatical construction here is awkward Greek.
The most difficult item,
as I see it, is DWSIN. Perhaps it is "to let him give" or it may be
"to put" (like Heb. NaTHaN) I would understand
AUTOIS and AUTWN as redundant, and although they MEAN, I think, the
same that
hEAUTOIS and hEAUTWN would mean, I don't believe they actually are.
Consequently, I'd understand this:
" ... and he makes them all ... put upon them(selves) a stamp upon
thier right hand or upon their forehead ..."
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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