[B-Greek] Rom 4:1
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Mon Jul 20 19:32:56 EDT 2009
On Jul 20, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Oun Kwon wrote:
> Hi, Elizabeth. That must be v. 2.
Yes, it is.
>
> I'm curios here.
>
> I take ABRAAM and TON PROPATORA hHMWN KATA SARKA as appositive.
>
> Doesn't this accusative case simply tell it's the agent of the verb
> EURHKENAI?
>
> I am reading mss variant
> "ABRAAM TON PROPATORA hHMWN KATA SARKAh EURHKENAI".
> Should the location of the verb make me change my opinion, when it
> comes at the start of this clause?
Rom. 4:1 Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν εὑρηκέναι
Ἀβραὰμ τὸν προπάτορα ἡμῶν κατὰ
σάρκα; 2 εἰ γὰρ Ἀβραὰμ ἐξ ἔργων
ἐδικαιώθη, ἔχει καύχημα, ἀλλ᾿ οὐ
πρὸς θεόν.
ROM. 4:1 TI OUN EROUMEN hEURHKENAI ABRAAM TON PROPATORA hHMWN KATA
SARKA; 2 EI GAR ABRAAM EX ERGWN EDIKAIWQH, ECEI KAUCHMA, ALL᾿ OU PROS
QEON.
Oun,
If I understand your question correctly, I think the alt. reading
"ABRAAM TON PROPATORA hHMWN KATA SARKA EURHKENAI" would suggest that
KATA SARKA is adverbial with EURHKENAI. This understanding of KATA
SARKA is adopted by Meyer who suspects that EURHKENAI was moved in
front of ABRAAM to associate it with TON PROPATORA. Note however that
Alford places [EURHKENAI] in brackets in front of ABRAAM, but like
Meyer he connects KATA SARKA with EURHKENAI. It seems to me that
Alford's take on this is somewhat counter intuitive. However, Sandy-
Headlam ICC cite Euthym-Zig. as the converse of Alford i.e., reading
EURHKENAI after KATA SARKA but associating it with TON PROPATORA. Also
counter intuitive. Note that Sandy-Headlam don't accept this reading,
they place EURHKENAI in front of ABRAAM associating it with TON
PROPATORA.
There is a danger constantly present in analyzing word order issues in
Ancient Greek to be influenced by our native language. So when I say
something is counter intuitive I am taking into account that intuition
is not always a reliable indicator.
Back to Iver's original question. The reading adopted by N.T. Wright,
R. Hays ... wasn't invented in the 20th Century, Meyer cites it but
dismisses it withering scorn.
Elizabeth Kline
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