[B-Greek] Sin Offering
Jeffrey B. Gibson
jgibson000 at comcast.net
Tue Feb 24 14:48:42 EST 2009
Robert Ellis wrote:
> I suppose that I ought to briefly introduce myself. I joined the
> B-Greek mailing list in 2000, not long after finishing first-year Greek
> (studying on my own). I left the list at some point during the next
> year, as I had little time to pursue my study of Greek. After teaching
> mathematics for a couple of years, my wife and I moved back to our home
> town, and I was able to fulfill my life-long dream of preaching. With a
> renewed enthusiasm, I resumed my studies of the language of the NT and
> now read from my Greek NT daily.
>
> In Heb. 10:6, PERI hARMARTIAS is clearly taken from the LXX rendering
> for "sin-offering." I have been trying to identify other examples of
> this specialized use of hAMARTIA in the NT. So far I suspect Heb. 9:26
> and 28 to be examples of this and possibly Heb. 5:3 and 13:11. Some
> sources that I have read suggest 2 Cor. 5:21, but I consider this highly
> suspect considering the contrast with DIKAIOSUNH. It appears to me that
> this only occurs in Hebrews. This is not terribly surprising given the
> extensive use of the LXX in this epistle, but I wonder if there might be
> others I have overlooked.
>
> If any of you have any information on this subject or could recommend
> any reference material, I would be very appreciative.
>
It's found some 15 times in Philo
Jeffrey
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