[B-Greek] EINAI TON CRISTON IHSOUN, Act 18:5
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Tue Nov 13 19:36:49 EST 2007
Please explain why not.Thanks!Father James----- Original Message -----From: Webb Mealy Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 5:25 pmSubject: Re: [B-Greek] EINAI TON CRISTON IHSOUN, Act 18:5To: 'Carl Conrad' , 'Elizabeth Kline' Cc: 'greek B-Greek' > To complicate matters, hO CRISTOS functions not just as a title, like> "king", but also as the name/descriptor for a mysterious > personage that Jews> believe in, but whose human identity they don't know. So it's > not so much> like saying, "Jesus is king" as like saying, "Bruce Wayne is > Batman". The> latter can be reversed: "Batman is Bruce Wayne!" but the former > cannot.> Webb Mealy> > -----Original Message-----> From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org> [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Carl Conrad> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 1:35 PM> To: Elizabeth Kline> Cc: greek B-Greek> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] EINAI TON CRISTON IHSOUN, Act 18:5> > > On Nov 13, 2007, at 5:52 AM, Carl Conrad wrote:> > > I have the e-text of Wallace, but after reading through it, I really> > don't think what he says is conclusive; it seems to me that he's> > reasonably honest here in recognizing that the choice between> > alternative ways of understanding the Greek in these passages > may be> > subjective or arbitrary rather than clearly resolved by > unquestionable> criteria. My own subjective choice is "that > Jesus is the Christ" --> > and I guess the criterion I prefer to go with is that the predicate> > term is the one marked by the article. "Ya pays yer money and > ya takes> > yer choice."> > > I repent me (somewhat); the choice may be subjective, but I'll > stick > with it; what I'd change is my reason for making the choice: it > is > that TON CRISTON is a title while IHSOUN is an individual person.> > Carl W. Conrad> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)> 1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243> cwconrad at ioa.com or cwconrad2 at mac.com> WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/> > > ---> B-Greek home page: http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek> B-Greek mailing list> B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-greek> > > ---> B-Greek home page: http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek> B-Greek mailing list> B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-greek>
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