Gen 3:16 LXX & Susan T. Foh

Polycarp66 at aol.com Polycarp66 at aol.com
Mon Jun 12 04:44:35 EDT 2000


In a message dated 6/6/2000 1:09:39 PM Central Standard Time, 
c.s.bartholomew at worldnet.att.net writes:

<< 
 What light does the LXX reading APOSTROFH shed on Susan T. Foh's reading of
 teshuqah in Gen 3:16 & Gen 4:7? Can we pull this all together and make sense
 out if it?
  >>

In a message dated 6/6/2000 1:09:39 PM Central Standard Time, 
c.s.bartholomew at worldnet.att.net writes:

<< 
 What light does the LXX reading APOSTROFH shed on Susan T. Foh's reading of
 teshuqah in Gen 3:16 & Gen 4:7? Can we pull this all together and make sense
 out if it?
  >>

Herodotus in the Histories writes

PUQOMENOI GAR hWS hUETAI PASA hH XWRH TWN hELLHNWN ALL' OU POTAMOISI ARDETAI 
KATA PER hH SFETERH, EFASAN hELLHNAS YEUSQENTAS KOTE ELPIDOS MEGALHS KAKWS 
PEINHSEIN. TO DE EPOS TOUTO EQELEI LEGEIN hWS, EI MH EQELHSEI SFI hEIN hO 
QEOS ALLA AUXMWi DIAXRASQAI, LIMWi hOI hELLHNES hAIREQHSONTAI; OU GAR DH SFI 
ESTI hUDATO OUDEMIA ALLH APOSTRAFH hOTI MH EK TOU DIOS MOUNON.

Here APOSTROFH is used in the sense of "resource."  I think this is most 
likely the meaning intended by the translators of the LXX.  

gfsomsel



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