[B-Greek] Syntax of Mk 6:22 (UBS)

Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org
Mon Jan 22 16:13:47 EST 2007


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From: <frjsilver at optonline.net>


> Dear Friends --
>
>>From this line, it's clear that Herodias was Herod's wife, not his daughter.
>
> Herod was Salome's *legal* father,although he was actually her uncle.
>
> A bit of punctuation in a simple English translation might make it easier to get this verse, which 
> says something like: 'when his daughter (Herodias's) came in and danced....'

Is Herodias's even a possibility? I though the text had to mean "his daughter, Herodias, having come 
in..." And therefore the answer to the question below would have to be "no".

>> KAI EISELQOUSHS THS QUGATROS AUTOU hHRWDIADOS KAI ORCHSAMENHS
>>
>> Syntax generally would indicate that it is Herod's daughter who
>> is  Herodias. My question is whether or not the syntax of the text
>> above in any way can allow for the daughter to be Herodias's?

The text supported by the majority of manuscripts (and chosen in NA25 among other editions) is:
THS QUGATROS AUTHS THS hHRWDIADOS (the daughter of that very (same) Herodias, cf. BAGD AUTOS 1h)
But that was not your question.

Iver Larsen 




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