[B-Greek] Narratio Iosephi
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Feb 3 15:01:57 EST 2007
On Feb 3, 2007, at 12:34 PM, Bart Ehrman wrote:
> In the apocryphal Gospel called the Narrative of Joseph of
> Arimathea is
> a statement about the nature of Judas Iscariot's discipleship:
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> OUK HN DE MAQHTHS KATA PROSWPON TOU IHSOU, ALLA DOLWi
> PROETREPSANTO AUTON PAN TO PLHQOS TWN IOUDAIWN hINA AKOLOUQHSEI TWi
> IHSOU.
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> What do you (y'all) make of the KATA PROSWPON?
Perhaps = Heb. LiFNei in the sense, "in the eyes of" or "in the
perspective of" ?
Or possibly we should understand MAQHTHS TOU IHSOU as a unit and KATA
PROSWPON as a qualifier of MAQHTHS IHSOU; if that's the case it would
be "not an overt disciple of Jesus." Somehow this second notion
strikes me as more likely than the first.
Cf. John 19:38 IWSHF [hO] APO ARIMAQAIAS, WN MAQHTHS TOU IHSOU;
KEKRUMMENOS DE DIA TON FOBON TWN IOUDAIWN ...
Carl W. Conrad
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