[B-Greek] FOBOS in Eph 5-6
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sun Apr 4 08:49:58 EDT 2010
On Apr 4, 2010, at 8:25 AM, Mark Lightman wrote:
> Elizabeth wrote:
>
> <What I am concerned about is tendency among north american
> NT scholars to have a phobia about fear.>
>
> I like it. φοβοφοβια. FOBOFOBIA.
Jawohl! And it has that echt-griechisch onomatopoetic reduplication too.
Think of BARBAROI (English-speakers) and BORBOROS (slime) and
BREKEKEKEX (Froggy came a courtin).
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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