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by dougknighton
August 16th, 2019, 2:40 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Microsoft Word macro to convert BibleWorks Greek font to Unicode
Replies: 4
Views: 25239

Re: Microsoft Word macro to convert BibleWorks Greek font to Unicode

Thanks for making the template available. I've downloaded and installed it. Works perfectly in Word 2016. Paypal payment is on the way.
by dougknighton
May 7th, 2019, 11:25 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Hebrews 10:25 the implied object of παρακαλοῦντες
Replies: 10
Views: 11444

Re: Hebrews 10:25 the implied object of παρακαλοῦντες

Barry suggested that it would be unusual to have an impersonal noun as the object of παρακαλοῦντες, which is true. But, as Dimi pointed out, the ‘complete’ object (τὴν ἐπισυναγωγὴν ἑαυτῶν) is essentially personal. This is wrong. There is no "complete object." ἐπισυναγωγήν is the object of...
by dougknighton
May 3rd, 2019, 8:24 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Hebrews 10:25 the implied object of παρακαλοῦντες
Replies: 10
Views: 11444

Re: Hebrews 10:25 the implied object of παρακαλοῦντες

Barry suggested that it would be unusual to have an impersonal noun as the object of παρακαλοῦντες, which is true. But, as Dimi pointed out, the ‘complete’ object (τὴν ἐπισυναγωγὴν ἑαυτῶν) is essentially personal. One reason I object to using ἀλλήλους as the implied object is that it is too far back...
by dougknighton
April 30th, 2019, 11:31 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Hebrews 10:25 the implied object of παρακαλοῦντες
Replies: 10
Views: 11444

Hebrews 10:25 the implied object of παρακαλοῦντες

Hebrews 10:25 μὴ ἐγκαταλείποντες τὴν ἐπισυναγωγὴν ἑαυτῶν, καθὼς ἔθος τισίν, ἀλλὰ παρακαλοῦντες, καὶ τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ὅσῳ βλέπετε ἐγγίζουσαν τὴν ἡμέραν. While all of the English translations I’m aware of gloss Hebrews 10:25 something like “not abandoning our meetings/gatherings ... but encouraging each...
by dougknighton
December 31st, 2018, 3:09 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Who or what is the referent of αὐτῶν in Mk. 9:48
Replies: 3
Views: 2262

Re: Wwho or what is the referent of αὐτῶν in Mk. 9:48

Maybe it's a quotation from Isaiah 66:24, in which the plural pronoun refers the people who sinned against God. It's not an exact quotation; the pronoun is the same, but the verb tense differs: ὁ γὰρ σκώληξ αὐτῶν οὐ τελευτήσει.

Doug Knighton
by dougknighton
August 22nd, 2018, 3:20 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Construing the participle in 2 Corinthians 8:9
Replies: 8
Views: 3401

Re: Construing the participle in 2 Corinthians 8:9

he became poor (he was rich), so that you, through his poverty ... he became poor -- he was rich! -- so that you, through is poverty ... Translation is hard. Jonathan, thanks for engaging with this ... Yes, translation is hard! I like your second iteration best (--he was rich!--). It avoids the (to...
by dougknighton
August 19th, 2018, 11:47 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Construing the participle in 2 Corinthians 8:9
Replies: 8
Views: 3401

Re: Construing the participle in 2 Corinthians 8:9

I think “parallelism” is the term Jonathan was looking for too, a structural parallelism of terms not grammar … Jonathan, you say this text has not been handled well in the English translations. So here’s one that tries to honor the parallel structure he outlined, even though the order needs to be r...
by dougknighton
August 18th, 2018, 2:26 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Construing the participle in 2 Corinthians 8:9
Replies: 8
Views: 3401

Re: Construing the participle in 2 Corinthians 8:9

Stirling Bartholomew wrote: August 17th, 2018, 3:39 pm
IMHO, the only thing interesting in the syntax is the placement of πλούσιος ὤν after the verb ἐπτώχευσεν.
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Would this be a very dramatic way of creating a relative clause that contrasts Jesus' wealth by smashing the verb 'became poor' against the adjective 'wealthy'?
by dougknighton
August 17th, 2018, 3:09 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Construing the participle in 2 Corinthians 8:9
Replies: 8
Views: 3401

Construing the participle in 2 Corinthians 8:9

γινώσκετε γὰρ τὴν χάριν τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ [Χριστοῦ], ὅτι δι᾽ ὑμᾶς ἐπτώχευσεν πλούσιος ὤν , ἵνα ὑμεῖς τῇ ἐκείνου πτωχείᾳ πλουτήσητε. 2 Corinthians 8:9 Is there anything in the syntax of the clause beginning with ὅτι that tells us to construe the participial phrase πλούσιος ὤν as concessive? All o...
by dougknighton
June 25th, 2018, 2:24 pm
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Genitive construction in 2 Corinthians 3:6
Replies: 4
Views: 7923

Re: Genitive construction in 2 Corinthians 3:6

Thanks to all for your helpful comments.

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