[B-Greek] interlinear anxiety

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Mon Feb 15 14:13:49 EST 2010


On Feb 15, 2010, at 1:45 PM, Wieland Willker wrote:
> Elizabeth Kline wrote: 
>> I was told by someone who was there, that one of the top 
>> NT Greek linguists, a name familiar to all of you but not a 
>> member of this list, attended a seminar on NT linguistics 
>> with an interlinear under his arm. 
> 
> 
> Remember that Origen, one of the greatest scholars OF ALL TIME, had produced
> what is the biggest interlinear ever, the Hexapla. 
> One suggestion is that he wasn't that good in Hebrew. 
> He certainly used that tool. 
> 
> Ergo: 
> If you are a great scholar, you are allowed to use an interlinear. 

Tradition says that Origen took to heart the teaching of Mt 19:12,
Matt. 19:12 ... καὶ εἰσὶν εὐνοῦχοι οἵτινες εὐνούχισαν ἑαυτοὺς διὰ τὴν β
ασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν. ὁ δυνάμενος χωρεῖν χωρείτω. 
[Matt. 19:12 ... KAI EISIN EUNOUCOI hOITINES EUNOUCISAN 
hEAUTOUS DIA THN BASILEIAN TWN OURANWN. hO DUNAMENOS 
CWREIN CWREITW. ]

Ergo?

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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