[B-Greek] Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon

Dave Smith (REL110, 211,212) rel21x at charter.net
Wed Jun 21 23:01:33 EDT 2006


What other dogs? ALLA KAI hOI KUNES would need to be amended to ALLOI, and
then hETEROI for it to be other/different dogs.  This is not the Jews and
the Gentiles, but rather an unconcerned rich Jew/Pharisee and a righteous
poor Jew. Notice 16:14, hOI FARISAIOI FILARGUROI hUPARCONTES, "the Pharisees
were fond of silver (greedy). See Josephus Discourse on Hades for a dead
ringer of a similar story.

I have a little problem seeing parables as early church creations for lack
of examples in Acts or the Epistles. It is even said that Jesus quit telling
parables in the end of his ministry, and Acts often states that the apostles
spoke PARRHSIA, which means clearly or without parables (see John 16:29 for
this contrast). Parables seem to be a strictly Jesus-mode of teaching with
no direct parallel in early Christianity; I don't think the Shepherd of
Hermas is comparable.

"Moreover" works for me.

Dave Smith
Hudson, NC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Clark" <doug at dougclarkcreative.com>
To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 20:38
Subject: [B-Greek] Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon


> Can you tell me if the following statement from Luke 16 is correct?
>
> "And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's
> table: MOREOVER the DOGS came and licked his sores." The word is MOREOVER,
> and should be translated THE OTHER."
>
> Luke 16:19-26...The rich man clothed in purple and fine linen is typical
of
> the kings and priests of God -- Israel; while Lazarus (whom God aids)
> represents the Gentiles. One clarifying point is found in verse 21; that
is,
> when an obscure word is translated properly: "And desiring to be fed with
> the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: MOREOVER the DOGS came
and
> licked his sores." The word is MOREOVER, and should be translated THE
OTHER.
> When rendered properly a great deal of light breaks upon the horizon of
our
> understanding. It would then read -- "THE OTHER DOGS licked his sores."
> (Thayer's Lexicon).
>
>
> Doug
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