[B-Greek] Titus 1:12-13
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Wed Dec 9 14:31:12 EST 2009
On Dec 9, 2009, at 6:16 AM, yancywsmith at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> Can the reel Paul, or, in this case, the writer of the letter to
> Titus, tell a joke? Can he pose a conundrum? Can he speak with
> irony? He says:
>
> εἶπέν τις ἐξ αὐτῶν ἴδιος αὐτῶν
> προφήτης·
> Κρῆτες ἀεὶ ψεῦσται, κακὰ θηρία,
> γαστέρες ἀργαί.
> ἡ μαρτυρία αὕτη ἐστὶν ἀληθής. δι᾿
> ἣν αἰτίαν ἔλεγχε αὐτοὺς ἀποτόμως,
> ἵνα ὑγιαίνωσιν ἐν τῇ πίστει,
> EIPEN TIS EX AUTWN IDIOS AUTWN PROFHTHS—
> KRHTES AEI YEUSTAI, KAKA QHRIA, GASTERES ARGAI.
> hH MARTURIA hAUTH ESTIN ALHQHS. DI hHN AITIAN ELEGCE AUTOUS
> APOTOMWS, hHINA hUGIAINWSIN EN THi PISTEI
There is another potential indication of irony here which has been
noted frequently (Mounce Past. Ep. WBC 398, Marshal Past. Ep.ICC
p201-202) . The expression KAKA QHRIA probably refers to wild beasts.
According to Pliny Nat. Hist. 8.83 and Plutarch Mor. 86c Crete was
known for its lack of wild beasts. In Tit. 1:12-13 KAKA QHRIA might be
understood to suggest that hOI KRHTES were in some sense the wild
beasts of Crete.
Plutarch Mor. 86b-c
.
86.B.1 Ὁρῶ μὲν ὅτι τὸν πραότατον, ὦ
Κορνήλιε Ποῦλχερ, πολιτείας ᾕρησαι
τρόπον, ἐν ᾧ μάλιστα τοῖς κοινοῖς
ὠφέλιμος ὢν ἀλυπότατον ἰδίᾳ τοῖς
ἐν- 86.C.1 τυγχάνουσι παρέχεις σεαυτόν.
ἐπεὶ δὲ χώραν μὲν ἄθηρον ὥσπερ
ἱστοροῦσι τὴν Κρήτην εὑρεῖν ἔστι,
πολιτεία δὲ μήτε φθόνον ἐνηνοχυῖα
μήτε ζῆλον ἢ φιλονεικίαν, ἔχθρας
γονιμώτατα πάθη, μέχρι νῦν 86.C.5 οὐ
γέγονεν (ἀλλ' εἰ μηδὲν ἄλλο, ταῖς
ἔχθραις αἱ φιλίαι συμπλέκουσιν
ἡμᾶς· ὃ καὶ Χίλων ὁ σοφὸς νοήσας
τὸν εἰπόντα μηδένα ἔχειν ἐχθρὸν
ἠρώτησεν εἰ μηδὲ φίλον ἔχει), δοκεῖ
μοι τά τ' ἄλλα περὶ ἐχθρῶν τῷ
πολιτικῷ διεσκέφθαι προσήκειν καὶ
τοῦ 86.C.10 Ξενοφῶντος ἀκηκοέναι μὴ
παρέργως εἰπόντος ὅτι τοῦ νοῦν
ἔχοντός ἐστι καὶ “ἀπὸ τῶν ἐχθρῶν
ὠφε- λεῖσθαι.” ἅπερ οὖν εἰς τοῦτο
πρῴην εἰπεῖν μοι παρέστη, συναγαγὼν
ὁμοῦ τι τοῖς αὐτοῖς ὀνόμασιν
ἀπέσταλκά σοι, φεισάμενος ὡς ἐνῆν
μάλιστα τῶν 86.C.15 ἐν τοῖς Πολιτικοῖς
Παραγγέλμασι γεγραμμένων, 86.D.1 ἐπεὶ
κἀκεῖνο τὸ βιβλίον ὁρῶ σε πρόχειρον
ἔχοντα πολλάκις.
.
86.B.1 hORW MEN hOTI TON PRAOTATON, W KORNHLIE POULCER, POLITEIAS
hHiRHSAI TROPON, EN hWi MALISTA TOIS KOINOIS WFELIMOS WN ALUPOTATON
IDIAi TOIS EN- 86.C.1 TUGCANOUSI PARECEIS SEAUTON. EPEI DE CWRAN MEN
AQHRON hWSPER hISTOROUSI THN KRHTHN hEUREIN ESTI, POLITEIA DE MHTE
FQONON ENHNOCUIA MHTE ZHLON H FILONEIKIAN, ECQRAS GONIMWTATA PAQH,
MECRI NUN 86.C.5 OU GEGONEN (ALL' EI MHDEN ALLO, TAIS ECQRAIS hAI
FILIAI SUMPLEKOUSIN hHMAS· hO KAI CILWN hO SOFOS NOHSAS TON EIPONTA
MHDENA ECEIN ECQRON HRWTHSEN EI MHDE FILON ECEI), DOKEI MOI TA T' ALLA
PERI ECQRWN TWi POLITIKWi DIESKEFQAI PROSHKEIN KAI TOU 86.C.10
XENOFWNTOS AKHKOENAI MH PARERGWS EIPONTOS hOTI TOU NOUN ECONTOS ESTI
KAI “APO TWN ECQRWN WFE- LEISQAI.” hAPER OUN EIS TOUTO PRWiHN
EIPEIN MOI PARESTH, SUNAGAGWN hOMOU TI TOIS AUTOIS ONOMASIN APESTALKA
SOI, FEISAMENOS hWS ENHN MALISTA TWN 86.C.15 EN TOIS POLITIKOIS
PARAGGELMASI GEGRAMMENWN, 86.D.1 EPEI KA)KEINO TO BIBLION hORW SE
PROCEIRON ECONTA POLLAKIS.
.
Elizabeth Kline
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