[B-Greek] Apocalypse of Peter
Thomas J. Kraus
t.j.kraus at web.de
Sat Jan 7 08:58:05 EST 2006
On 07.01.2006 12:41 Uhr "Carl W. Conrad" at <cwconrad at ioa.com> wrote:
> Just one or two clarifications here, one of which derives from the
> confusion of X and C in PAREXOMAI, the other about hON AN AITHSWNTAI;
> taking these hUSTERON PROTERON:
>
> (1) hON AN AITHSWNTAI is, as Thomas first had it, "whomsoever they
> ask for" rather than "whatsoever they ask for" (as George rephrased it);
>
> (2 since PAREXOMAI is future, this construction IS an implicit
> conditional after all, because hON AN AITHSWNTAI is simply a
> reformulation with relative pronoun of EAN TINA AITHSWNTAI. But it
> would be a conditional even with the present tense PARECOMAI, but in
> that case a generalizing condition rather than a future condition:
> hON AN AITHSWNTAI, PARECOMAI AUTOIS = EAN TINA AITHSWNTAI, PARECOMAI
> (AUTON) AUTOIS.
>
> Furthermore, FWIW, I personally think that the confusion over present
> and future forms of the verb PARECOMAI/PAREXOMAI illustrates the
> questionability of using C for Xi; while it is true that X "looks
> like" a Greek Chi rather than a Xi and true as well that C does NOT
> look like a Greek Chi, the conventional transliteration scheme of BG
> works best when it is observed without idiosyncratic exceptions.
Carl, thanks for referring to the conditional clause, too. This is exactly
how I see it. Now I feel relieved somewhat doubting the accuracy of what I
have learnt once as grammatical conceptions.
However, a colleague published an understanding of hON EAN AITHSWNTAI to
refer to the present only as it is not future tense. But in conditional
clauses things are not that easy ...
Furthermore, he intends to alter the reading attested by the parchment folio
(see above) to hO EAN AITHSWNTAI ("whatsoever") on the basis of theological
conceptions. Point is that the fragment HAS hON (cf. Sib.Or. 2.330-333).
Yes, sticking to a convention - here the B-Greek transliteration scheme - is
invaluable for scholarly discussions and avoiding misunderstandings and
misconceptions in the first place. George, however, did not intend to do
something wrong ...
Thomas J. Kraus
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