[B-Greek] XENIZONTA TINA--Acts 17:20
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Mon Nov 12 05:59:16 EST 2007
On Nov 11, 2007, at 9:59 PM, Webb Mealy wrote:
> XENIZONTA GAR TINA EISFEREIS EIS TAS AKOAS hHMWN (Acts 17:20)
> I'm tempted to understand this as saying, "You're bringing somewhat
> unfamiliar ideas to our ears".
I think that's pretty good, actually.
> Can "somewhat" be the nuance brought in by TINA, or is it really,
> "You're
> bringing some unfamiliar ideas to our ears"?
See BDAG s.v. TIS (indef. rather than interr.): 1.b. (adj.) beta:
"serving to moderate or heighten"; aleph: "to moderate an expr. that
is too definite (Just., D. 48, 1 [λόγος LOGOS] . . .
παράδοξός τις . . . δοκεῖ μοι εἶναι
PARADOXOS TIS ... DOKEI MI EINAI [your statement], in my judgment,
does not make much sense …"
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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