[B-Greek] EX OIKOU KAI PATRIAS DAVID - Hendiasys?
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Jun 1 07:26:56 EDT 2007
On Jun 1, 2007, at 7:03 AM, Jonathan Robie wrote:
> Luke 2:4 DIA TO EINAI AUTON EX OIKOU KAI PATRIAS DAVID
> Luke 2:4 διὰ τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐξ οἴκου
> καὶ πατριᾶς Δαυίδ
>
> Is this Hendiasys? Could you be of the house of David but not
> descended
> from David?
Well, it's not hendiaDys, at any rate.
The NET note suggests that "house of David" is an allusion to
2 Samuel 7:12-16, the prophecy of Nathan regarding the
Davidic royal dynasty, so that kingship, not merely pedigree,
is involved.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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