[B-Greek] Proper Name
Iver Larsen
iver_larsen at sil.org
Wed Nov 14 04:38:52 EST 2007
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mitch Larramore" <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>
To: "B Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: 14. november 2007 02:49
Subject: [B-Greek] Proper Name
> Dr. Mounce, in giving examples of proper names with
> the article (p. 39), gives both hO IHSOUS and hO QEOS.
> I've been taught that QEOS is a title, not a name. How
> is QEOS a proper name?
>
> Mitch Larramore
> Sugar Land, Texas
Have you also been taught that YHWH (Jahve) is a title, not a proper name? What characterizes a
proper name is that it has a unique referent. It points to one particular person. QEOS is used as a
proper name referring to Jahve, a unique entity, in most places in the Bible, corresponding somewhat
to English God, but in other contexts the same word is used as a descriptive title, corresponding
somewhat to English god.
Iver Larsen
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