[B-Greek] Judges 21:11 LXX Correction

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat May 27 09:47:20 EDT 2006


On May 27, 2006, at 6:49 AM, Carl W. Conrad wrote:

> On May 26, 2006, at 11:04 PM, Dave Smith (REL110, 211,212) wrote:
>
>> OIDA can also refer to having a acquaintance, such as
>> knowing a person. This could be data, in the sense of knowing about a
>> person, but it is more likely experiential (2 Cor. 5:16; 12:2, 3).
>> It is
>> also used for knowing God, a concept which must exceed raw data
>> (Gal.4:8). I
>> will cease and desist, but there may be NT examples where OIDA is  
>> also
>> experiential knowledge, just as GINWSKW.
>>
>> Judges 21:11(LXX) uses OIDA in context of sexual relations: PASAN
>> GUNAIKA
>> EIDUIAN KOITHN ARSENOS.
>
> That's odd: my LXX reads 	PASAN GUNAIKA GINWSKOUSAN KOITHN ARSENOS
>
> here GINWSKW conveys Hebrew YaDHA'

Dave Smith was right after all -- and so was I. the whole text of  
Judges 21:11
has the same phrase twice, once with EIDUIAN and once with GINWSKOUSAN:
:
  KAI TOUTO POIHSETE PAN ARSEN KAI PASAN GUNAIKA
EIDUIAN KOITHN ARSENOS ANAQEMATIEITE
^^^^^^^^
TAS DE PARQENOUS PERIPOIHSESQE KAI EPOIHSAN hOUTWS
KAI hOUTOS hO LOGOS hON POIHSETE PAN ARSENIKON
KAI PASAN GUNAIKA GINWSKOUSAN KOITHN ARSENOS ANAQEMATIEITE
                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I think we'd certainly have to say that there is no distinction  
whatsoever in this verse
between OIDA and GINWSKW.


Carl W. Conrad
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