[B-Greek] FOBOS in Eph 5-6
Mark Lightman
lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Sun Apr 4 09:37:24 EDT 2010
Eric wrote:
<OUK ESTIN FOBHMA EI MH FOBOFOBOIA>
I never thought of it in those terms, but that is
what President Roosevelt said, I think. Did
he know Koine?
Mark L
FWSFOROS MARKOS
--- On Sun, 4/4/10, Eric Inman <eric-inman at comcast.net> wrote:
From: Eric Inman <eric-inman at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] FOBOS in Eph 5-6
To: "'Carl Conrad'" <cwconrad2 at mac.com>, "'B-Greek'" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Sunday, April 4, 2010, 7:22 AM
OUK ESTIN FOBHMA EI MH FOBOFOBOIA
Eric Inman
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[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Carl Conrad
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 7:50 AM
To: B-Greek
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] FOBOS in Eph 5-6
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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