[B-Greek] 2Cor. 10:1b EN hUMIN ... EIS hUMAS

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Thu Jul 16 01:58:28 EDT 2009


On Jul 15, 2009, at 3:09 PM, Carl Conrad wrote:

>
> On Jul 15, 2009, at 2:24 PM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:
>
>> 2Cor. 10:1 Αὐτὸς δὲ ἐγὼ Παῦλος  
>> παρακαλῶ
>> ὑμᾶς διὰ τῆς πραΰτητος καὶ
>> ἐπιεικείας τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς κατὰ
>> πρόσωπον μὲν ταπεινὸς ἐν ὑμῖν,
>> ἀπὼν δὲ θαρρῶ εἰς ὑμᾶς·
>>
>> 2COR. 10:1 AUTOS DE EGW PAULOS PARAKALW hUMAS DIA THS PRAUTHTOS KAI
>> EPIEIKEIAS TOU CRISTOU, hOS KATA PROSWPON MEN TAPEINOS EN hUMIN, APWN
>> DE QARRW EIS hUMAS·
>> The contrast between drawn between the MEN (constituent) and the DE
>> (constituent) seems to be enhanced by the switch between EN hUMIN and
>> EIS hUMAS. The former EN hUMIN, if it is read as local "among you",
>> doesn't necessarily imply any sort of action much less aggression, a
>> passive state and the later EIS hUMAS "towards you" combined with
>> QARRW implies a goal oriented activity directed toward his addressees
>> in Corinth and seems to carry with it an implication of aggression
>> directed toward the recipients.
>>
>> Perhaps this is so obvious it doesn't warrant comment. The older
>> English versions do a fair job indicating this contrast. M.J. Harris
>> (2005) has a brief comment on it.
>
> Perhaps a bit of self-irony here too? "Meek and mild in your  
> presence, but all ready to do battle with you from a distance."
>
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
>
>
>


Carl,

I am just getting warmed up on 2Cor but I suspect irony is going to be  
a major issue in chapters 10-13.

With reard to the conrast between TAPEINOS and QARRW, V.Furnish (AB  
2Cor) cited this passage  Philo "Who is the Heir" 29-30

  ἀπλήστως οὖν εὐωχοῦμαι τοῦ  
κράματος, ὅ με ἀναπέπεικε μήτε ἄνευ  
εὐλαβείας παρρησιάζεσθαι μήτε 3  
ἀπαρρησιάστως εὐλαβεῖσθαι. τὴν γὰρ  
οὐδένειαν τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ μετρεῖν 4  
ἔμαθον καὶ τὰς ἐν ὑπερβολαῖς  
ἀκρότητας τῶν σῶν εὐεργεσιῶν  
περιβλέπεσθαι· καὶ ἐπειδὰν "γῆν καὶ  
τέφραν" καὶ εἴ τι ἐκβλητότερον  
ἐμαυτὸν 6 αἴσθωμαι, τηνικαῦτα  
ἐντυγχάνειν σοι θαρρῶ, ταπεινὸς  
γεγονώς, καταβεβλημένος εἰς χοῦν,  
ὅσα εἴς γε τὸ μηδ’ ὑφεστάναι δοκεῖν  
ἀνεστοιχειωμένος. καὶ τοῦτό μου τὸ  
πάθος τῆς ψυχῆς ἐστηλογράφησεν ἐν  
τῷ 2 ἐμῷ μνημείῳ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος  
Μωυσῆς. "ἐγγίσας" γάρ φησιν "Ἀβραὰμ 3  
εἶπε· νῦν ἠρξάμην λαλῆσαι πρὸς τὸν  
κύριον, ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι γῆ καὶ σποδός" 4  
(Gen. 18, 27), ἐπειδὴ τότε καιρὸς  
ἐντυγχάνειν γένεσιν τῷ πεποιηκότι,
APLHSTWS OUN EUWCOUMAI TOU KRAMATOS, hO ME ANAPEPEIKE MHTE ANEU  
EULABEIAS PARRHSIAZESQAI MHTE 3 APARRHSIASTWS EULABEISQAI. THN GAR  
OUDENEIAN THN EMAUTOU METREIN 4 EMAQON KAI TAS EN hUPERBOLAIS  
AKROTHTAS TWN SWN EUERGESIWN PERIBLEPESQAI· KAI EPEIDAN "GHN KAI  
TEFRAN" KAI EI TI EKBLHTOTERON EMAUTON 6 AISQWMAI, THNIKAUTA  
ENTUGCANEIN SOI QARRW, TAPEINOS GEGONWS, KATABEBLHMENOS EIS COUN, hOSA  
EIS GE TO MHD' hUFESTANAI DOKEIN ANESTOICEIWMENOS. KAI TOUTO MOU TO  
PAQOS THS YUCHS ESTHLOGRAFHSEN EN TWi 2 EMWi MNHMEIWi hO EPISKOPOS  
MWUSHS. "EGGISAS" GAR FHSIN "ABRAAM 3 EIPE· NUN HRXAMHN LALHSAI PROS  
TON KURION, EGW DE EIMI GH KAI SPODOS" 4 (GEN. 18, 27), EPEIDH TOTE  
KAIROS ENTUGCANEIN GENESIN TWi PEPOIHKOTI,

Furnish suggests that TAPEINOS can mean something like "nothingness"  
which sounds a little bit mid 20th century to my ears. The Philo  
(above) may illustrate this but I am having some difficulty reading  
it. Anyway, this doesn't address the question I raised about   EN  
hUMIN and EIS hUMAS but I thought someone might find the citation  
interesting.


Elizabeth Kline







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