[B-Greek] 1 Cor 6:16
Doug &Val McEachern
applejuice at ozemail.com.au
Mon Mar 22 18:26:23 EST 2004
Thankyou for your input Iver,
One question arising from your message; are you saying the Hebrew word
'basar' might have been better translated as SWMA in the LXX? Yet, your
later thought seems to agree with mine in that a clear distinction is
intended. I'm sorry it is just that I am unsure of your intentions where
you refer to 'basar'
Doug McEachern
----- Original Message -----
From: "Iver Larsen" <iver_larsen at sil.org>
To: "Doug &Val McEachern" <applejuice at ozemail.com.au>; "B_GREEK"
<b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 5:16 AM
Subject: RE: [B-Greek] 1 Cor 6:16
> > My question is why Paul uses SWMA and SARX or SARKA in the same
> > sentence. Exactly what distinction is meant by 'one body' and
> > 'one flesh'.
> <snip>
> > Doug McEachern
>
> hO KOLLWMENOS THi PORNHi hEN SWMA ESTIN (he who joins with a prostitute
> forms a bodily union with her)
> ESONTAI GAR, FHSIN, hOI DUO EIS SARKA MIAN (for, as it says, the two shall
> become one flesh)
>
> Paul is quoting the LXX of Gen 2:24 (ESONTAI hOI DUO EIS SARKA MIAN) which
> is a very literal translation of the Hebrew text. According to Holladay,
the
> Hebrew word "basar" in addition to the basic meaning of "meat, flesh,
body"
> has the meaning "relationship." For this sense they quote Gen 2:23, 24 and
> 37:27 (he is our brother, our own flesh). This extended sense is
stretching
> the normal sense of SARX (just as "become one flesh" is stretching the
> English language beyond its normal boundaries), and it seems that Paul
> prefers to use SWMA for that extended sense of forming a union, when he is
> free to use his own word rather than being bound by a quotation.
>
> Another aspect is the contrast between the bodily union in v. 16 and the
> spiritual union in v. 17:
> hO DE KOLLWMENOS TWi KURIWi hEN PNEUMA ESTIN (he who joins with the Lord
> forms a spiritual union with him).
>
> So, maybe Paul uses SWMA in v. 16 to stress the bodily union in contrast
to
> the spiritual union, whereas the union intended in Gen 2:24 is one of
> intimate human (SARX) relationship, not just a bodily (SWMA) union.
>
> Iver Larsen
>
>
>
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