[B-Greek] MONOGENHS in Psalm 24:16 (LXX)

Mark Lightman lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Sat Jun 19 12:54:23 EDT 2010


Excellent point, Alex.  I have never read anything about this word having
negative connotations in John based on this LXX passage.  It is worth
exploring further.  It does seem to me that John above all loves these
double meaning ambiguities.

As an only son myself, I can tell you it is not always a walk in
the park, but that is a whole 'nother story.  :)
Mark L

               
FWSFOROS MARKOS


--- On Sat, 6/19/10, Alex Poulos <apviper at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Alex Poulos <apviper at gmail.com>
> Subject: [B-Greek] MONOGENHS in Psalm 24:16 (LXX)
> To: "B-Greek List mail to all" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Saturday, June 19, 2010, 8:32 AM
> Χαιρετε!
> 
> I have a question regarding Psalm 24:16 in the LXX. 
> Here's the verse in
> question:
> 
> ἐπίβλεψον ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ καὶ
> ἐλέησόν με,
>     ὅτι μονογενὴς καὶ
> πτωχός εἰμι ἐγώ.
> 
> EPIBLEYON EP EME KAI ELEHSON ME,
> hOTI MONOGENHS KAI PTWXOS EIMI EGW
> 
> I don't really know any Hebrew, but I am curious about
> MONOGENHS here.  I
> know MONOGENHS typicaly means "unique" or "one-of-a-kind,"
> but can this be
> extended to include the concept of "alone" with the
> implication of being
> forsaken?  It fits rather well with the context in the
> psalms, and I think
> it would work well with the way Jesus is portrayed in
> John's gospel (the
> world did not receive him, even though through him it was
> created, etc.)
> 
> Please let me know your thoughts!
> 
> χαρις και ειρηνη ὑμιν,
> 
> Αlex Poulos
> Senior - Computer Science
> NC State University
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