[B-Greek] Philippians 1:3-4 - POIOUMENOS
Bryan Cox
bccox99 at tx.rr.com
Fri Jul 31 23:54:50 EDT 2009
EUCARISTW.....META CARAS DEHSIN POIOUMENOS
In Sumney's Philippians: A Greek Student's Intermediate Reader, he states
that "POIOUMENOS ... is dependent on the initial verb of the sentence,
EUCARISTW, and so retains Paul as its subject." This surprised me. He
identifies it as a "circumstantial participle of attendant circumstances".
Another view he mentions is that of BDAG which "lists this passage as an
example of the middle form of this verb being used with its direct object,
the noun DEHSIN ..., as a 'periphrastic construction'."
The latter, BDAG's view, seems more natural to me. Why would one stretch
all the way back to EUCARISTW in this case? How do others on the list view
this?
Thanks,
Bryan Cox
Plano, Tx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Conrad" <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
To: "Mark Lightman" <lightmanmark at yahoo.com>
Cc: <B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Off Topic- Homeric Vocabulary
>
> On Jul 31, 2009, at 8:41 PM, Mark Lightman wrote:
>
>>
>> --- On Fri, 7/31/09, Will Dilbeck wrote:
>>
>>
>> <Hello,
>>
>> I recently picked up the Illiad (Loeb edition) from
>> a used book store and I
>> would like to begin trying to read a little bit
>> of it. I was wondering if
>> anyone knew of a list (preferably online) of
>> Homeric vocabulary.>
>>
>>
>> Hi Will,
>>
>> Your question is not Off Topic because ...
>
> Questions about Homeric Greek texts and language, although rather
> infrequent, have not been unwelcome on B-Greek. To be sure, it's hard
> to make a compelling case for the relevance of Homeric Greek to the
> study of NT Greek and the Greek NT. The study of Homeric Greek is
> essential to a grasp of the linguistic history of literary Greek but
> that's not everybody's cup of tea.. Some will study Homeric Greek as
> an exercise in linguistic archaeology. Few will study Homeric Greek
> with a view to enhancing their grasp of Biblical Greek, and arguments
> for such a proposition have always seemed rather strained. The primary
> reason for reading Homer in Greek are that this is a rich and
> rewarding experience in its own right. It requires a significant
> investment of effort and industry, but most who have undertaken it
> have found it well worth the effort.
>
> Mark has pointed you to the "Vocabulary Tool" at the Perseus site. An
> alternative is http://archimedes.fas.harvard.edu/pollux/ where a popup
> menu allows you to access directly the lexical entries from
> Autenrieth's Homeric dictionary rather than the more generalized LSJ's
> entries.
>
>
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
>
>
>
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