[B-Greek] Fear and Trembling revisited
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Mon Apr 26 09:20:44 EDT 2010
On Apr 26, 2010, at 9:02 AM, Mark Lightman wrote:
> This is a good example of the dictum that the best commentary on the Greek
> NT is the LXX. Verse seven from this Psalm was a favorite for early Christian
> preaching (Acts 13:33, Heb 1:5.)
>
> It is interesting that in Eph 6:5 Paul appears to be giving advice to slaves that the
> Psalmist gave to Kings. An inside joke?
>
> Anyway, nice parallel, Richard. I always find these things helpful. None of us alone
> can do enough Greek reading outside the NT to catch everything, so it is very helpful
> to share these when we spot them. I still have yet to read the LXX from cover to cover,
> though it's on my to-do list.
The one thing to be wary of in this reliance upon LXX for understanding the GNT: the
LXX may not accurately represent the sense of the Hebrew text from which it derives.
NET has a note on Ps 2:11 that is worth looking at, suggesting that the sense of the
verb translated AGALLIASQE may possibly be "repent."
And I continue to be troubled by the notion of advising a slave to take up a worshipful
attitude toward his human master. It just seems at odds with the phraseology Jesus'
citation of Deuteronomy:
Matt. 4:10 κύριον τὸν θεόν σου προσκυνήσεις καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις.
[KURION TON QEON SOU PROSKUNHSEIS KAI AUTWi MONWi LATREUSEIS.]
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
> ________________________________
> From: Richard Lindeman <oblchurch at msn.com>
> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Sun, April 25, 2010 9:15:22 PM
> Subject: [B-Greek] Fear and Trembling revisited
>
> I found an interesting and helpful quote concerning fear and trembling in LXX Psalms 2:11
> DOULEUSATE TWi KURIWi EN FOBWi KAI AGALLIASQE AUTWi EN TROMWi
> The rest of Psalm 2 gives a pretty good explanation and reason for doing so.
>
> I suspect the above verse and all of Psalm 2 may be the specific context St. Paul had in mind when he wrote in Eph 6:5
> hOI DOULOI hUPAKOUETE TOIS KATA SARKA KURIOIS META FOBOU KAI TROMOU EN hAPLOTHTI
>
> It appears that the trembling implied here is the complete opposite of fear rather than its complement!
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