[B-Greek] Genesis 1:1 and Revelation 3:14
Vasileios Tsialas
tsialas78 at hotmail.com
Fri Oct 8 19:48:16 EDT 2010
Please, read my previous comments again, because I didn't mentioned Ge 1:1 at all. I offered an alternative view, connecting Re 3:14 with Pro 8:22-not with Ge 1:1. I would appreciate your comments on this.
Vasileios Tsialas
Athens, Greece
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> From: albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
> To: tsialas78 at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Genesis 1:1 and Revelation 3:14
> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 14:09:30 -0400
>
> Given the fact that EN ARXH is a well known Greek phrase meaning e.g.
> "at the outset" why would one describe ARXH in Gen 1:1 as having an
> "Hebraic meaning"? Even Wevers' comment that EN ARXH is "in exact
> imitation of MT" and thus unarthrous is not justified. All one can say
> is that the LXX happens to be isomorphic with MT.
> Furthermore, whatever sense one may attribute to Hebrew BERESHITH, I
> see every reason to believe that EN ARXH in Gen !:1 is nothing more
> than an adverbial phrase with the sense of "at the outset" or the more
> traditional "in the beginning." I can see no connection between Rev
> 3:114 and Gen 1:1.
> Albert
> On Oct 8, 2010, at 6:20 AM, Vasileios Tsialas wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I have read in Lowndes' Hebrew-Greek Dictionary that the expression
> > of Revelation αρχή της κτίσεως is taken from Proverbs
> > 8:22 "the beginning of the ways" (resith derek), that is "the first
> > of God's actions", an expression also found in Job 40:19.
> > The connection between Proverbs 8:22 and Revelation 3:14 is an
> > interesting speculation that can give an additional clue for the
> > Hebraic meaning of αρχή as resith, namely, the first as regards
> > importance or time.
> > Vasileios Tsilas
> > Athens, Greece
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