[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
More information about the B-Greek
mailing list