[B-Greek] Philippians 1:3-4 - MNEIA - DEHSIS
bccox99 at tx.rr.com
bccox99 at tx.rr.com
Thu Aug 20 17:44:24 EDT 2009
> I am not quite sure on what basis you put the phrases to each category...
It turns out that if you visit the b-greek archive, the parallels retained the
spacing I intended, they just aren't showing up right in my email program.
Basically, I lined up parallel words and phrases (as I viewed them) between
the verses. The verses are all still in original order, just split into
four rows for convenience...(i.e., like hitting return after a line of text).
> ...would the EPI phrase if Phil 1:3 parallel better the PERI phrases in the
> next section as expressing the content of thanks?
Sort of, yes. That was the reason for the asterisk. The reason I didn't put
it on the next line is because, in Phi., PANTOTE follows the "EPI phrase"
whereas in all the other verses (excluding Romans), PANTOTE preceeds the
"equivalent phrases".
I guess if I were to change Phi. to be a closer parallel, I would have it
like so:
...PANTOTE hUPER PANTWN hUMWN EPI PASH TH MNEIA hUMWN EN PASH DEHSEI MOU META
XARAS THN DEHSIN POIOUMENOS
For hUPER instead of PERI, note Eph 1:16. Worded like the above, it lines
up a little more closely with the other parallels, for example:
1Th 1:2 - PANTWTE PERI PANTWN hUMWN MNEIAN POIOUMENOI
Phi 1:3 - PANTOTE hUPER PANTWN hUMWN EPI PASH TH MNEIA hUMWN
1Th 1:2 - EPI TWN PROSEUXWN hHMWN
Phi 1:3 - EN PASH DEHSEI MOU
So, the phrases MNEIAN POIOUMENOI and EPI PASH TH MNEIA hUMWN are somewhat
parallel in meaning...and compare (at the "same" parallel position) Philemon's
MNEIAN SOU as compared with Philippians TH MNEIA hUMWN.
And then, I take EPI TWN PROSEUXWN and EN PASH DEHSEI to mean very close to
the same thing.
That is what I meant by how the text of Philippians seems somewhat "out
of order" to me when compared with parallels.
In pointing this out, I don't mean to imply some sort of conjectural emendation,
but I do think that it *might* aid in better understanding the phrasing. What
do you think?
Thanks,
Bryan Cox
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