[B-Greek] A Perfect Imperfect (Was Hebrews 1:6 and 2:5

Richard Lindeman oblchurch at msn.com
Fri Mar 12 18:01:57 EST 2010


George:

I retract my question.  I finally managed to take out the Hebrew and 
actually look at the text there.
Your explanation makes perfect sense.

Thanks!

Rich Lindeman

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From: "Richard Lindeman" <oblchurch at msn.com>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 8:05 AM
To: "George F Somsel" <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>; "Carl Conrad" 
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Subject: Re: [B-Greek] A Perfect Imperfect (Was Hebrews 1:6 and 2:5

> Thanks George. Your insights are helpful.
> However, in discussions like this, parsing the dialogue on B-Greek has 
> often been more challenging for me than parsing the actual Koine Greek. 
> But I really do try my best.
>
> So then, since as it appears that you are pretty confident in your 
> assertions, let me see if I understand you absolutely correctly.  There is 
> a predicate apposition being expressed in the Hebrew that would be 
> inappropriate for the Koine.  Therefore, in an attempt to be faithful to 
> the Hebrew phrasing, the LXX translator has inserted a temporal clause 
> with HMHN. And the end result is a wooden Greek expression that has left 
> our imaginations going a bit wild. Is that right?
>
> And if I have that part right, then just one more question: Given his 
> options, do you think that the LXX translator's choice was a good one? (My 
> Hebrew is so rusty that the gate absolutely won't open on my end)
>
> Rich Lindeman
>
>
 




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