[B-Greek] Titus 2:13

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sun Mar 2 14:38:34 EST 2008


προσδεχόμενοι τὴν μακαρίαν ἐλπίδα καὶ ἐπιφάνειαν τῆς δόξης τοῦ μεγάλου θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, 
PROSDEXOMENOI THN MAKARIAN ELPIDA KAI EPIFANEIAN THS DOCHS TOU MEGALOU QEOU KAI SWTHROS hHMWN IHSOU XRISTOU



Wallace, who seems to endlessly multiply genitive types, would classify the usage translated by "glorious manifestation" as an aporetic genitive or "drip-pan" genitive which he identifies through a translation (!!) as an adjectival usage -- "characterized by" (p 80).  It bears a similarity to the Hebrew use of the construct relation where you would find a phrase such as "Lord of glory" meaning "glorious Lord."  

(c) When the gen. is an attribute or quality, 1 K. 20:31 מַלְכֵי חֶסֶד clement kings; Jud. 11:1 גִּבּוֹר חַיִל a valiant hero; Lev. 19:36 מֹֽאזְנֵי צֶדֶק right balances; Is. 43:28 שָׂרֵי קֹדֶשׁ holy princes, and very often in later writings. 
Davidson, A. B. (1902). Hebrew syntax (3d ed.) (32). Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark.



 
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----- Original Message ----
From: David Weiner <cdweiner at comcast.net>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sunday, March 2, 2008 9:50:58 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] Titus 2:13

In Titus 2:13 we find the phrase EPIFANEIAN THS DOXHS.  I also find two 
translations, a) glorious manifestation and b) appearing of the glory.  
Are both of these valid translations?

Also, in that verse is the phrase TOU MEGALOU QEOU KAI SWTHROS HMWN.  
Does the text 'prove' that one or two persons are in view here?

Thanks,
David Weiner
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