[B-Greek] The meaning of "theopneustos" in 2 Timothy 3:16
Jeffrey B. Gibson
jgibson000 at comcast.net
Tue Jul 25 22:53:57 EDT 2006
Elizabeth Kline wrote:
> On Jul 25, 2006, at 2:21 PM, Harold Holmyard wrote:
>
> > "Phocylid. 121 'tes de theopneustou sophies logos estin aristos'."
> >
> > The Columbia Encyclopedia has:
> >
> > "Phocylides: (fsl´dz) (KEY) , fl. 6th cent. B.C., Greek poet, b.
> > Miletus. His gnomic (aphoristic) verses exist in fragments."
> >
> > B. B. Warfield also seems to mention a reference in Plutarch, but
> > he was
> > a considerably younger contemporary of Paul:
> >
> > "Plut. de Placit. Philosoph. 5. 2, 'tous oneirous tous
> > theopneustous'."
>
> Well its been a while since Warfield. I searched Phocylides for all
> the sub strings in
> 'tes de theopneustou sophies logos estin aristos' using TLG and
> found nothing.
>
Nor did I. But I did see that the Plutarch adduced is actually
Pseudo-Plutarch and the reference is Placita philosophorum 904.F.6.
Jeffrey Gibson
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