[B-Greek] CH Dodd quoting the Corpus Hermeticum

Stephen Baldwin stbaldwi at hotmail.com
Thu Aug 2 23:29:57 EDT 2007


Brethren:
continuing (from Schurer) my penchant for reading authors who make claims on 
my modicum of greek knowledge, I was wondering whether someone might be kind 
enough to clarify my elementary understanding.
Dodd ("...Fourth Gospel" p13) quotes the CH thus:
Asklepios to King Ammon: FANHSETAI GAR SOI KAI TOIS EMOIS ENIOIS LOGOIS 
ANTIFWNOS

I originally looked at this and thought that Asklepios said "For it will be 
visible (clear?) to you [that] also some of my words are contradictory" but 
ANTIFWNOS is not modifying "some of my words" since it does not agree in 
case and number.

I now think he is saying "...He (Hermes, the main author of the CH) will be 
seen contradictory to you as well as some of my own words" (apologies for 
the clumsy translation but I think you get the gist...).
That is, ANTIFWNOS is qualifying the implied 3S in FANHSETAI -- correct?
Thus it is that both Hermes and Asklepios have contradictions in their 
writings ("words" or whatever)...?

All corrections welcomed.

Steve

Stephen Baldwin
stbaldwi at hotmail.com

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