[B-Greek] say what? Please help with LK 1:54

Leonard Isaksson leonardo1orchardcity at mac.com
Thu Dec 10 19:42:36 EST 2009


I see another list/site mentioned here.

What is that now?  biblical exegesis,  eh?

Leonard Isaksson
On Dec 10, 2009, at 12:19 PM, nebarry at verizon.net wrote:

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> Original Message:
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> From: Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:09:00 -0500
> To: jayadkins264 at gmail.com, b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Please help with LK 1:54
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>>> "Child" doesn't really belong here at all; this is the standard 
>>> usage of
> PAIS in the sense of "servant" -- very much like French gar�on, or
> erstwhile American usage of "boy" for "servant."<<
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> I think an argument can be made that Luke is using the term with 
> studied
> ambiguity in this context, but that's a discussion that takes us away 
> from
> the Greek.  Of course, if any one wants to pursue it on bibexigesis... 
>  :)
>
> Barry
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