[B-Greek] Apocalypse of Peter
Thomas J. Kraus
t.j.kraus at web.de
Sat Jan 7 06:03:57 EST 2006
On 07.01.2006 12:12 Uhr "George F Somsel" at <gfsomsel at juno.com> wrote:
> Thomas,
>
> I'm sorry for the confusion. I routinely interchange the X and C since I
> prefer to use the X for xi because it looks similar. I simply forgot
> that others don't follow my practice. Yes, that would make it a future;
> however, any such statement (as a promise) is going to refer to the
> future -- even if only an immediate future rather than a more remote one.
> One does not promise to do something in the past. [One of my pet peeves
> is the expression "future plans." Now, I ask you, does anyone make plans
> for the past? All plans, when made, by their nature refer to the future]
>
> george
> gfsomsel
> ___________
George,
don't mind about confusion. I had to check transcription policies of B-Greek
once again ...
I like your phrasing about "future plans" and the paradoxon about "plans for
the past" very much. This will help me to discuss and then turn off the
inedaquate interpretation of the text as referring to the "present" only
("plans for the present" then). Somewhat this is also a philosophical
question. But which one is not?
Thomas
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