[B-Greek] question about parakleitos

yancywsmith yancywsmith at sbcglobal.net
Tue Jun 6 09:24:07 EDT 2006


In the context of John 13-17 one sense that should be considered is a  
bit more specific. In a recent article, Paul Holloway, "Left Behind:  
Jesus' Consolation of His Disciples in John 13, 31-17, 26" ZNW 96  
(2005): 1-34, argues persuasively for a connections between this  
section of John and Greco-Roman consolatory literature. What makes  
this relevant to Greek lexicography, and thus this list, is that  
recognizing Jesus' going away speech as consolation makes sense of  
the Holy Spirit being "another PARAKLHTOS," since this section of  
John shows Jesus to be, in terms of Hellenistic consolation rhetoric,  
a very effective PARAKLHTOS (Consoler), the appropriateness of the  
term is confirmed. John, however, plays with various senses of the  
term. It might be helpful to recognize that a consoler is much more  
than someone that says, "there, there." Ancient consolation could  
include rebuke, encouragement, moral instruction and command to  
uproot grief entirely or assuage it effectively.

Yancy Smith
Y.W.Smith at tcu.edu
yancywsmith at sbcglobal.net
Brite Divinity School
Texas Christian University




On Jun 5, 2006, at 2:57 PM, George F Somsel wrote:

> The word PARAKLHTOS appears 5 times in NA27.
>
>   Jn 14.16, 26; 15.26; 16.7; 1 Jn 2.1
>
>   BDAG should be consulted here.  Since the entry is relatively  
> lengthy, I will leave it to the reader to look up the article.
>
>   LSJ gives this
>   PARAKLHTOS, ON, called to one’s aid, in a court of justice: as  
> Subst., legal assistant, advocate, D.19.1,  
> Lycurg.Fr.102, etc.
>   2. summoned, äïῦëïé D.C.46.20, cf.  
> BGU601.12 (ii a.d.).
>   II. intercessor, Ph.2.520: hence in NT,  
> PARAKLHTOS, of the Holy Spirit, Ev.Jo.14.16, cf.  
> 1Ep.Jo.2.1.
>
>   Liddell, H. G., Scott, R., Jones, H. S., & McKenzie, R. (1996). A  
> Greek-English lexicon. "With a revised supplement, 1996." (Rev. and  
> augm. throughout) (1313). Oxford; New York: Clarendon Press; Oxford  
> University Press.
>
>
>
>
> Tunç SABUNCU <tsabuncu at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>   Hi,
> I found this word (parakleitos) in several texts and i would like  
> to know all of its senses.
> In general is is translated as "advocate" or "demander of charity"  
> but it does not fit.
> Thank you for help
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