[B-Greek] Acts 22:17 Septuagintal construction of a sort? (LONG)

Elizabeth Kline kline-dekooning at earthlink.net
Tue Jan 24 14:32:33 EST 2006


Dr. Conrad and I.Larsen have provided some thoughtful discussion  
worth pondering.


On Jan 24, 2006, at 6:33 AM, Carl W. Conrad wrote:

 From Culy-Parsons _Acts: A Handbook on the Greek Text_



> Barrett (1043) remarks that
> 'the construction of this verse is astounding.' Quite the contrary,
> the whole construction follows the rules of Greek syntax (though it
> is somewhat complicated). We should, therefore, not be surprised that
> scribes made no attempt to improve the syntax (contra Barrett, 1043).
>
>

Barrett actually says:

"The construction of this verse is astounding; surprisingly it does  
not seem to have provoked correction on the part of copyists. Perhaps  
we are too fastidious."

Some attention should be given to final suggestion "Perhaps we are  
too fastidious".

RE: waw (vav) in Hebrew narrative

One acknowledged expert on semitic background of the NT who commented  
on this passage, J.A.  Fitzmyer (Acts AB) appears to agree with Iver  
Larsen who said "It seems simpler to assume that the KAI coordinates  
the two subordinate clauses ...". Another acknowledged expert  
M.Zerwick #49 appears to support this reading of KAI.

Of course what makes life interesting is taking on the acknowledged  
experts. For this reason I will wait and see what others have to say  
about Dr. Conrad's proposal.


Elizabeth Kline









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