Re: transgressions

From: Randy LEEDY (Rleedy@bju.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 17 1999 - 10:48:13 EST


Bart Ehrman inquired:

>Does anyone want to explain to me how s/he understands the grammar of
2
>Clement 2:6: ti oun estin poiesantas epituchein auton, ei me to
hosios
>kai dikaios anastrephesthai?

I finally found the passage at V.6 (Lightfoot's edition), and using W
for omega and H for eta, the passage reads TI OUN ESTIN POIHSANTAS
EPITUCEIN AUTWN, EI MH TO HOSIWS KAI DIKAIWS ANASTREFESQAI.

I understand the grammar as follows:

TI - object of POIHSANTAS
ESTIN - existential use (no complement: "it exists")
POIHSANTAS- means of EPITUCEIN
EPITUCEIN - subject of ESTIN
AUTWN - object of EPITUCHEIN (referring to the promise and the rest
referred to the the previous "verse")
TO - governs ANASTREFESQAI, bracketing the intervening adverbial
material
ANASTREFESQAI - answers the question raised by TI.

My wooden translation: By having done what, then is the obtaining [of]
them, except [by] conducting oneself holily and righteously?

My smoother translation: What must we do, then, to obtain them, except
to conduct ourselves in holiness and righteousness.

Don't know what's already been posted on this other than Carl's
message inviting additional attempts; I've seen only yesterday's
digest.

Hope this is of some help. I feel fairly confident of this
construction but would not mind being corrected if there's really
something better.

****************************
In love to God and neighbor,
Randy Leedy
Bob Jones University
Greenville, SC
RLeedy@bju.edu
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