Re: Teeth and Others.

From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 28 1998 - 07:08:09 EST


Nichael, this is wonderful! I'm just puzzled by one thing: the form
PROSPARASKEUASONTAI--as a future tense that has to be middle rather than
passive (it's not PROSPARASKEUASQHSONTAI), so it ought to mean "teeth will
provide themselves." Now that's even MORE wonderful!

At 7:53 PM -0600 1/27/98, Nichael Cramer wrote:
> ELEGEN. 'RABBI, hO LEGETAI ME(QER)MHNEUOMENON DIDASKALE
> PWS DUNHSETAI TAUTA GENES(QAI), EAN WSIN ANODONTES;
> APOKRIQEIS DE hO IHSOUS EIPEN. OLIGOPISTE, MH SKULLOU. EI
> ARA TINWN hUSTERHSONTAI, hOI ODONTES PROSPARASKEUASONTAI.
> [NOTE***]
>
>Which is accompanied by a footnote reading:
>
> This may be translated thus: "And behold, a certain one of
> his disciples standing by said unto him: 'Rabbi (which is
> to say, being interpretted, Master), how can these things
> be, if they be toothless?' And Jesus answered and said:
> 'O thou of little faith, trouble not thyself; if haply
> they will be lacking any, teeth will be provided.'" [p443]

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