[b-greek] Re: Rewards Ceremony?

From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Mon Aug 28 2000 - 19:30:02 EDT


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<div>At 7:25 PM +0000 8/28/00, Mark Wilson wrote:</div>
<div>&gt;Carl wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;In my opinion it is the usage of KOMIZOMAI more than
anything<br>
&gt;&gt;else here that makes this verse confusing to one not familiar
with the<br>
&gt;&gt;forensic usage.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;Two follow-up questions, please.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;1. Could you expand on the &quot;confusion&quot; regarding
KOMIZOMAI?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;Does the use of KOMIZOMAI here tend to support taking the BHMA in
a judicial<br>
&gt;sense (witness stand), tribunal sense (whatever that is), or more
of the</div>
<div>&gt;rewards platform of the Isthmian games?</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Yes, I think it does; it functions both as a commercial and as a
judicial term; here's Louw and Nida:</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font color="#000000">15.191 KOMIZW a : to carry or bring
something to someone, usually implying a transfer - 'to carry to,
to bring (to).'&nbsp; 'she brought an alabaster jar of perfume'
Lk 7:37.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">57.126 KOMIZOMAI a&nbsp; : to receive as a
type of compensation - 'to receive, to obtain.'&nbsp; 'when
the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the glorious crown which
will never lose its brightness' 1Pe 5:4.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">57.136 APOLAMBANW b, KOMIZOMAI b : to
receive back something which one has previously possessed or its
equivalent - 'to get back, to receive back, to be paid
back.'</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">&nbsp;'even sinners lend to sinners to
get back the same amount' Lk 6:34.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">&nbsp;'I would have received it all back
with interest when I returned' Mt 25:27.</font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>&gt;2. Does the use of this term, BHMA, mean something slightly
different to a<br>
&gt;Corinthian, as opposed to those of a geographical area where the
Isthmian or</div>
<div>&gt;Olympian games were NOT hosted?</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>No, it means most fundamentally a &quot;grandstand&quot; or
&quot;platform&quot; or &quot;place to stand (in front of an
audience)&quot; and I don't think that would differ from one locality
to another. Remember that those games held at Olympus or the Isthmos
or Delphi were international in nature. I do think the
forensic/judicial context is a little bit more frequent for
BHMA.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Still in the present context I think the passage as a whole best
suits a forensic context for Christ's final tribunal:</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>TOUS GAR PANTAS hHMAS FANERWQHNAI DEI EMPROSQEN TOU BHMATOS TOU
CRISTOU,<br>
hINA KOMISHTAI hEKASTOS TA DIA TOU SWMATOS PROS hA EPRAXEN, EITE
AGAQON</div>
<div>EITE FAULON</div>
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<div>-- <br>
<br>
Carl W. Conrad<br>
Department of Classics/Washington University<br>
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Home: 7222 Colgate Ave./St. Louis, MO 63130/(314) 726-5649<br>
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