[B-Greek] TA hAGIA in Hebrews

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Thu May 31 18:43:43 EDT 2007


De migratione Abrahami
 
§ 102     ἐὰν μέντοι καὶ τὸν ἀρχιερέα λόγον ἐξετάζῃς, εὑρήσεις συνῳδὰ φρονοῦντα καὶ τὴν ἱερὰν ἐσθῆτα αὐτῷ πεποικιλμένην ἔκ τε νοητῶν καὶ αἰσθητῶν δυνάμεων· ἧς τὰ μὲν ἄλλα μακροτέρων ἢ κατὰ τὸν παρόντα καιρὸν δεῖται λόγων καὶ ὑπερθετέον, τὰ δὲ πρὸς τοῖς πέρασιν ἐξετάσωμεν, κεφαλῇ τε καὶ βάσεσιν. 
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§ 104     ἄγαν δʼ ἐξητασμένως ἐπιφέρει ὅτι “ἔσται ἀκουστὴ φωνὴ αὐτοῦ εἰσόντος εἰς τὰ ἅγια”, ἵνα πρὸς τὰ νοητὰ καὶ θεῖα καὶ ὄντως ἅγια εἰσιούσης τῆς ψυχῆς καὶ αἱ αἰσθήσεις ὠφελούμεναι κατʼ ἀρετὴν συνηχῶσι καὶ ὅλον τὸ σύστημα ἡμῶν, ὥσπερ ἐμμελὴς καὶ πολυάνθρωπος χορός, ἐκ διαφερόντων φθόγγων ἀνακεκραμένων ἓν μέλος ἐναρμόνιον συνᾴδῃ, τὰ μὲν ἐνδόσιμα τῶν νοημάτων ἐμπνεόντων ἡγεμόνες γὰρ τοῦ χοροῦ τούτου τὰ νοητά, τὰ δʼ ἑπόμενα τῶν αἰσθητῶν συναναμελπόντων, ἃ τοῖς κατὰ μέρος χορευταῖς ἀπεικάζεται 


102
EAN MENTOI KAI TON ARXIEREA LOGON ECETAZHiS, hEURHSEIS SUNWiDA FRONOUNTA KAI THN hIERAN ESQHTA AUTWi PEPOIKILMENHN EK TE NOHTWN KAI AISQHTWN DUNAMEWN; hS TA MEN ALLA MAKROTERWN H KATA TON PARONTA KAIRON DEITAI LOGWN KAI hUPERQETEON, TA DE PROS TOIS PERASIN ECETASWMEN, KEFALHi TE KAI BARESEN.

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104
AGAN D' ECHTASMENWS EPIFEREI hOTI "ESTAI AKOUSTH FWNH AUTOU EISONTOS EIS TA hAGIA", hINA PROS TA NOHTA KAI QEIA KAI ONTWS hAGIA EISIOUSHS THS YUXHS KAI hAI AISQHSEIS WFELOUMENAI KAT' ARETHN SUNHXWSI KAI hOLON TO SUSTHMA hHMWN, hWSPER EMMELHS KAI POLUANQRWPOS XOROS, EK DIAFERONTWN FQOGGWN ANAKEKRAMENWN hEN MELOS ENARMONION SUNAiDHi, TA MEN ENDOSIMA TWN NOHMATWN EMPNEONTWN hHGEMONES GAR TOU XOROU TOUTOU TA NOHTA, TA D' hEPOMENA TWN AISQHTWN SUNANMELPONTWN, hA TOIS KATA MEROS XOREUTAIS APEIKAZETAI

Borgen, P., Fuglseth, K., & Skarsten, R. (2005). The Works of Philo : Greek Text with Morphology (Migr 102, 104). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Webb <webb at selftest.net>
To: Iver Larsen <iver_larsen at sil.org>; B-Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 11:54:30 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] TA hAGIA in Hebrews


Dear Iver,

In a context where it is not important to distinguish between the two rooms,
TA hAGIA refers to "the sanctuary" meaning the two rooms together seen as a
whole. But the context can narrow the intended reference to either the inner
or outer part of those holy places.

This seems reasonable, but I won't feel 100% confident about it until
someone shows me a similar pattern of usage in Philo or Josephus or in one
of the Greek apocalypses or even the Targums or something. The LXX, after
all, seems never, in two hundred or so references, to blur the distinction
in this way, and I'm assuming without checking that this is because the
distinction is never blurred in the Hebrew Bible. It's pretty simple: if the
author of Hebrews is following a convention, I want to see some other
examples of the convention outside his writing. It wouldn't even have to be
in Greek.
The other option for interpreting this usage of TA hAGIA in Hebrews, it
seems to me, is to understand that in the cosmology and world-view of the
author of Hebrews, there is no division between inner and outer sanctuary in
heaven--it is all one ultimate sanctuary. All of heaven, in other words, is
"behind the veil", and therefore corresponds to the most holy place. Yet on
another level it also corresponds to the entire tent of meeting. And so his
usage regarding the earthly sanctuary may consciously or unconsciously be
conforming itself to this undifferentiated heavenly sanctuary concept. I
don't think this is a particularly likely solution, but I'd like to rule it
out. 

Webb Mealy


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