[B-Greek] Heb 5:2TOIS AGNOOUSIN KAI PLANWMENOIS

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Tue Mar 11 16:51:45 EDT 2008


On Mar 11, 2008, at 4:19 PM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:

> HEB. 5:1 PAS GAR ARCIEREUS EX ANQRWPWN LAMBANOMENOS hUPER ANQRWPWN
> KAQISTATAI TA PROS TON QEON, hINA PROSFERHi DWRA TE KAI QUSIAS hUPER
> hAMARTIWN,  2 METRIOPAQEIN DUNAMENOS TOIS AGNOOUSIN KAI PLANWMENOIS,
> EPEI KAI AUTOS PERIKEITAI ASQENEIAN
>
> Are we compelled by the evidence to read TOIS AGNOOUSIN KAI
> PLANWMENOIS as the semantic equivalent of AKOUSIWS (LXX) as it is
> distinguished from hEKOUSIWS (LXX, Heb. 10:26)?

Good question; reminds me of Aristotle's discussion early in  
Nicomachean Ethics of whether someone who willingly gets drunk is  
responsible for misdeeds performed while drunk.

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






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