[B-Greek] Col 2.3

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Fri Apr 13 06:07:18 EDT 2007


On Thursday, April 12, 2007, at 11:02PM, "Mitch Larramore" <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>EN Wi EISIN PANTES hOI QHSAUROI THS SOFIAS KAI GNWSEWS
>APOKRUFOI.
>
>Here's the best I can repeat what my teacher was
>arguing. These treasures are not hidden outside (so
>that unbelievers can't see them), but are hidden on
>the inside (such that are hidden from view TO THOSE IN
>CHRIST). So, the treasures are hidden to those on the
>inside (believers). He then argues that the idea here
>is that it takes diligent effort and discipline to
>uncover these hidden treasures. They are hidden, not
>to "hide" them from us, but to require a desire and
>effort to know them. Is this possible?

Well, I guess it is one way to interpret the text, but I don't think
it's something that is in any way clearly implicit in the Greek
text -- or in that adjective APOKRUFOS. Wouldn't it be simpler
to understand the idea that "in Christ lies stored away all
wisdom ever to be discovered by anyone who cares to open
that QHSAUROS?

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (ret)
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