[B-Greek] HGGIKEN + EPI

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Mon Feb 4 13:03:35 EST 2008


On Feb 4, 2008, at 9:39 AM, George F Somsel wrote:

> What I don't see is that BDAG supports the NET assertion.
>
> ② to draw near in a temporal sense, draw near, come near, approach  
> (POxy 1202, 8; w. dat., Epict. 3, 10, 14; Tat. 37:1). W. indications  
> of time (KClark, JBL 59, ’40, 367–83) the hour Mt 26:45; the day  
> (Ezk 7:4; 12:23) Ro 13:12; Hb 10:25; the (feast) day GJs 1:2; 2:2;  
> ὁ καιρός [hO KAIROS] (La 4:18; 1 Macc 9:10) Lk 21:8; cp. Mt  
> 21:34; ὁ χρόνος [hO XRONOS] Ac 7:17; the Passover Lk 22:1;  
> the end 1 Pt 4:7; the final stumbling-block B 4:3; cp. ending of Mk  
> in the Freer ms. 8; the judgment GPt 7:25; destruction of the temple  
> Lk 21:20; redemption vs. 28. μέχρι θανάτου ἐ. [MEXRI  
> QANATOU E.] come close to dying Phil 2:30 (cp. Job 33:22; Sir 51:6  
> ἤγγισεν ἕως θανάτου [HGGISEN hEWS QANATOU]).  
> PKatz, TZ 5, ’49, 7; ADebrunner, Mus. Helv. 11, ’54, 58f.—Esp.  
> of the approaching Reign of God: ἤγγικεν ἡ βασιλεία  
> τῶν οὐρανῶν (or τοῦ θεοῦ) [HGGIKEN hH BASILEIA  
> TWN OURANWN (or
> TOU QEOU)] Mt 3:2; 4:17; 10:7; Mk 1:15; Lk 10:9, 11
>
>
> Note that the reference for the passage is Lk 10.11 rather than  
> 12.11.  BDAG specifically cites this verse in the sense of "drawing  
> near" or "approaching" rather than "has come."

No, I don't think that BDAG actually "supports" the NET assertion.  
What BDAG does -- in the portion of def. 2 that you omitted -- is cite  
an article arguing that point: " (WHutton, ET 64, ’52/53, 89–91:  
HAS COME for the Lk passages)." BDAG simply indicates an alternative  
view of EGGIZW in Luke that it doesn't support. NET pointed to it and  
accepted Hutton's view, evidently. That I think is what Vasilis  
Tsialis was stating more directly in his initial response to the  
question of this thread:

On Feb 4, 2008, at 7:51 AM, vasilis tsialas wrote:

> As BDAG says, εγγίζω EGGIZW means "approach, draw/come near (in  
> time or space)", not "come". "Come" is an exegetical paraphrase  
> according to the translator's theological disposition and  
> speculation, not an accurate rendering of the Greek text. There are  
> other verbs that can denote the fact of the arrival (έρχομαι,  
> φθάνω, αφικνούμαι, κ.ο.κ.).



Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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