[B-Greek] 1 Cor.16.2

Webb webb at selftest.net
Thu Aug 30 10:58:35 EDT 2007


The Blass-Debrunner citations of the LXX superscription to Ps. 23 (24 in the
Hebrew Bible) and the gospels (Mt. 28:1; Mk 16:2; Lk 24:1) show that MIA
SABBATWN means "the first day of the week". But since SABBATON can be
singular or plural and still mean "week", I suspect that KATA MIAN SABBATOU
probably does not mean "on the first day of the week"/"on Sunday".

In my opinion, KATA in this case is distributive: "Every Sunday", "On
Sundays", or "Sunday by Sunday".

Webb Mealy
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From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Bryant J. Williams
III
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 11:25 PM
To: Denise Parkes; b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] 1 Cor.16.2

Dear Denise,

It seems that what is happening regarding this passage is that KATA MIAN
SABBATOU EKASTOS is not used in the LXX, but has moved from the 7th day to
the
first day (MIAN). I would refer you to Colin Brown, NIDNTT, Vol 3, pp
405-415.
Pay particular attention to pp 408-411 "Sabbath" in the NT; and the article
"KURIAKH," (the Lord's) with reference to the Lord's Day, pp 411-412. Both
articles are written by W. Stott.

Stott makes two statements under Sabbath, "4. Theological Insights," p. 411;
and
KURIAKH, "3. The Theological Deductions," p. 412. I would recommend that
both
articles be carefully read. I only mentioned these sections since some of
the
content would not be appropriate per list guidelines to post.

Blass-DeBrunner-Funk, "Syntax of Numerals," pp 129-130, paragraph 247.
    "247. hEIS. 1. The first day of the month or week is designated in the
NT as
in the LXX, not by PRWTH, but by MIA, e.g. EIS MIAN SABBATWN 'on Sunday' Mt
28:1. Above one, however, DEUTERA etc. are used because a "single" day
cannot be
expressed by a plural (DUO etc.). The model was Hebraic where all the days
of
the month are designated by cardinals (Noeldeke, Ztschr. f. deutsche Wortf.
I
[1901} 162; also Aramaic, s. Dalman 247)."

Under the examples in paragraph 247 is (1)
    "(1) MIA = PRWTH also e.g. A 20:7, I C 16:2, Mk 16:2, Lk 24:1; PRWTH
SABBATOU, [Mk} 16:9 for which, however, Eus. quotes THi MIAi...LXX: the days
of
the week occur only in some uncials in the titles of Psalms which not in the
Hebr. text: THi MIAi SABBATOU (or -TWN) 23 (24) (This probably means on the
first day reconed from the sabbath: cf. paragraph 213."

Thus, "On the first day from the Sabbath (first day of the week, hence
Sunday)
for KATA MIAN SABBATOU. See also F.F. Bruce, I & II Corinthians, New Century
Bible, page 158, who understood it as such "The direction to the church of
Corinth, as to the Galatian churches, is that Sunday by Sunday each member
should set aside a proportion of his weekly income, so that when Paul
arrives
the money will be ready...."the first day of the week, ..." This would
correspond to Rev 1:10 which refers to Sunday as "on the Lord's Day" (EN THi
KURIAKHi hHMERAi [cf. articles above]).

En Xristwi,

Rev. Bryant J. Williams III
 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Denise Parkes" <deniseparkes at hotmail.com>
To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 4:48 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] 1 Cor.16.2


> The problem with relying on dictionaries that are based entirely on the NT
> and early Christian literature, is that they tend to present traditional
> "in-house" and therefore, potentially biased, definitions.
>
> So can anyone tell me whether KATA MIAN SABBATOU could ever mean "on one
day
> of the week"?
>
> For example, could I use KATA MIAN SABBATOU if I was trying to compose the
> following sentence in Greek: "I study on one day of the week."
>
> Cheers,
> Denise Parkes
>
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