[B-Greek] Humor or a frozen expression? Mk 5.7
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Mon Oct 2 00:17:18 EDT 2006
On Oct 1, 2006, at 8:59 PM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:
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>> Is ORKIZW ... TON QEON found in pagan sources? LSJ cites this as a NT
>> usage. My limited memory of oath taking in Attic and Homer is that
>> the name or an epitaph of the deity is often used or in some cases
>> QEWN. I don't recall seeing it used with ORKIZW (as a verb).
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> Searching TLG 8bc - 1bc
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> hORKON QEWN is fairly common e.g.,
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> Homerus Od. 2.377
> ... GRHUS DE QEWN MEGAN hORKON APWMNU.
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>
but I did not find hORKON QEOU (correction QEOU for QEU)
but in Philo Judaeus Phil., Legum allegoriarum libri i-iii, Book 3,
section 205, line 2:
FASI GE MHN hORKON EINAI MARTURIAN QEOU PERI PRAGMATOS AMFISBHTOUMENOU:
Not really what we are looking for is it.
Elizabeth Kline
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