[B-Greek] (no subject)
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Jan 9 16:54:48 EST 2006
Forwarded for: "Hightower, Joe C" <joe.c.hightower at boeing.com>
Date: January 9, 2006 3:22:20 PM EST
To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [B-Greek] A question of meaning
Thank you for correcting two mistakes. Yes the spelling is wrong, that
is what I get for trying to double task. And yes the Galatians passage
uses the noun.
The second reference in the Galatians passage is the first word in verse
21 - FQONOS which the NIV translates as envy. That actually makes error
number three on my part since I said that the word ZHLOW (ZHLOS)
referred to envy, the NIV translates this a Jealousy in Vs 20
I think that your explanation makes sense. That would help explain
distinction between jealousy that has a good purpose and jealousy that
has a bad. The good jealousy seeks to protect, to keep secure, both for
the sake of the one who is jealous and for the sake of that which they
seek to protect. Envy is more difficult, to see. There is a negative
to envy, but there does not seem to a positive to desiring what my
neighbor has. The ill-will is expressed in the former, but the latter
would be a zealous desire to defend what my neighbor has.
Based on this, you seem to be indicating that the 1 Corinthians passage
is more focused on the negative side of expressing ill-will regardless
of whether it is towards what another has or towards keeping what I
have.
But how does this distinction help with the Galatians passage where the
two ideas appear to be treated distinctly separately?
One note, the BADG definition alone does not make any reference to the
desire to keep for oneself (jealousy). It is focused on what someone
else has. I do not have my references in front of me, but I found the
reference to this meaning in at least one other lexicon. Also, I recall
reading a passage from Josephus where he describes Herod's jealousy over
his wife and his position using ZHLOW.
Joe Hightower
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