[B-Greek] Acts 7:20
Vasile Stancu
stancu at mail.dnttm.ro
Fri Sep 19 17:03:05 EDT 2008
There is one more occurence of the word in Heb 11:23 - ἀστεῖον τὸ παιδίον ASTEION TO PAIDION - which might add some possible nuances to the meaning. In the first instance we have a general statement of Stephen about Moses whereas in the second it is Moses' parents that notice - by looking, perhaps - some feature of their own child.
Vasile STANCU
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From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Fridolin Janzen
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 5:40 AM
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Subject: [B-Greek] Acts 7:20
Dear Friends,
In translating Acts 7:20 I noticed a difference between the translations:
Some translate ASTEIOS TO THEO:
= beautiful - to God, in the sight of God, before God
While others translate:
KJV, for example:
exceeding fair
The explanation that was given to me is that “ASTEIOS TO THEO” is a Hebraism
and should be translated as “exceeding fair”, as is the case in the KJV. So
my questions are the following:
If this is so evident, why didn’t Luther, Schlachter, the Vulgate, and
others translate it this way?
Since this is the only occurrence in the NT, how can someone say with
certainty that it is a Hebraism?
If I translate it this way, can I still say that I am translating by “formal
equivalence”?
I am not trying to raise a quarrel, but would only like to get things
straight in my translation.
Abraços,
Fridolin Janzen
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