[B-Greek] H AGAPH TOU QEOU
Iver Larsen
iver_larsen at sil.org
Thu Jul 5 05:15:27 EDT 2007
----- Original Message -----
From: "Seth" <sethvm at gmail.com>
> Hi Iver, and the rest of the b-Greek list:
>
> So if I understand what you're saying, you assert that there is consistency
> within the Koine text which would indicate that when the authors speak of
> the Lord Jesus and the Lord YHWH in the genitive case, they would distinct
> YHWH with KURIOU and the Lord Jesus as TOU KURIOU, correct?
>
> If this is so, does this phenomena exist with any other Koine noun-case?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Seth
There is a consistency in using KURIOS without the article as a proper name
corresponding to the proper name YHWH, regardless of the noun cases. Similarly,
the word KURIOS when referring to Jesus as Lord is consistently used with the
article. There are a few constructions where other factors come into play and
complicate the matter, but this would require a long paper to explain. I'll try
to contact my colleague Dr. Rick Brown to see if his detailed research has been
published.
We have a bit of the same problem with the word CRISTOS, which is the Gospels
and Acts is primarily used with the article as a title "The Messiah", whereas in
the letters it is more and more becoming a proper name Christ, often without the
article. But as I said, the use of the article is complicated and many factors
need to be considered.
Iver Larsen
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