[B-Greek] Hades in Descent
Barry
nebarry at verizon.net
Mon Feb 5 16:34:14 EST 2007
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
To: "Bart Ehrman" <behrman at email.unc.edu>
Cc: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Hades in Descent
> I'm assuming you mean CARITAS. Interesting that it's plural (never in
> the GNT), but LSJ indicates usage in the plural with EKTINEIN,
> APODIDONAI and ANTIDIDONAI in the sense of "repay" favors performed.
> It would appear then that the idea here is "mutual services performed
> on each other's behalf" -- a sort of "one hand washes the other" or
> "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" notion that is inherent
> in the concept of CARIS from the outset as reciprocal service and
> gratitude earned: "And so I adjure you both by yours and my own
> mutual good will not to bring him here."
>
Before I even checked the lexical data, I read it as "Therefore I adjure
you, both to your advantage and to mine, do not bring him here!"
Now that was intuitive, and I was just headed to LSJ to confirm, but Quick
Carl beat me to it... :)
N.E. Barry Hofstetter
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