[B-Greek] Joel 3:1-2 (LXX) & Acts 2:17-18 - Why EKCEW APO TOU PNEUMATOS MOU instead of EKCEW TO PNEUMA MOU?
Kevin Riley
klriley100 at gmail.com
Mon May 10 07:53:14 EDT 2010
Some of us believe in the inspiration of all of Scripture and don't believe
that Acts defines Joel, or any other portion of Scripture, as if it were
somehow deficient until Luke wrote Acts to give it a definitive meaning.
There are also members of this list who do not believe Scripture is
inspired, and I am not sure that your "moreover" adds anything to the
discussion for them either. I am not convinced that whether one believes in
inspiration - of any sort - actually changes the basic meaning of the text
in any way. When Greek grammar supplies an answer, why turn to divisive
theology?
Kevin Riley
On 10 May 2010 20:34, <dlpost at comcast.net> wrote:
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> It seems to me the Greek text simply supports the metonymy of the Hebrew
> usage of Spirit. Moreover, for those believing in the inspiration of
> Scripture, the Greek of Acts 2:17-18 defines and applies Joel 2:28-29 for
> us. Something the Spirit would supply - being either genitive of
> source/ablative.
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> Doug Post
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric S. Weiss" <papaweiss1 at yahoo.com>
> To: "b-greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 9, 2010 7:50:21 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [B-Greek] Joel 3:1-2 (LXX) & Acts 2:17-18 - Why EKCEW APO TOU
> PNEUMATOS MOU instead of EKCEW TO PNEUMA MOU?
>
> The Hebrew text of Joel 2:28-29 (Joel 3:1-2 LXX) seems to read:
>
> "I will pour out My Spirit"
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> However, the LXX translation renders it:
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> "I will pour out from (APO) My Spirit"
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> and Acts 2:17-18 keeps the LXX reading.
>
> So whereas the Hebrew text has God pouring out His Spirit,
> and not merely [something] "from" His Spirit, the LXX addition
> of APO seems to diminish the meaning/effect of the Hebrew.
>
> Other places in Acts indicate that people received the Spirit,
> and not simply [something] "from" the Spirit.
>
> So why does the LXX add APO here? I did some searching of
> EKCEW plus APO in the LXX and Philo and Josephus and
> the Apostolic Fathers, but couldn't find a reason for the LXX
> addition of APO to EKCEW in Joel 3:1-2.
>
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> Eric S. Weiss
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