[B-Greek] Top 3 Enlightenment

Mark Lightman lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Wed May 26 15:41:29 EDT 2010


Robert requested:

<Please provide your personal Top 3 List (or more if you prefer) where
B-greek discussion enlightened you about a Scripture?
What insight did you 
gain?>

Hi, Robert

Top Three Occasions where a B-Greek Discussion Enlightened Me or
Provided Insight about a Scripture

3.  Steve Miller's suggestion that 2 Peter 1:5's use of επιχορηγεω (EPICORHGEW)
may be a conscious attempt to identify the Christian virtues as members of a Greek Chorus.


http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b-greek/2009-January/048301.html
Whether true or not, I think of Steve's idea now whenever we sing the hymn "Joyful,
Joyful, We Adore Thee" and we come to the part "Mortals, join the mighty chorus."
And whenever I read this passage in Greek now, I hear Beethoven, which is a good thing.

2. Blue Harris' postulate that PERIFERONTES in 2 Cor 4:10 may invoke the imagery of
carrying around the Torah.

http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b-greek/2010-April/053327.html

Same thing here.  "Enlightenment" and "insight" are subjective terms, but this works for me.
Being objective about it, I wonder if we have records that are detailed enough to know whether
Jews in 1st Century synagogues DID carry around the Torah, but I remember this from my youth
as the highlight of the service.  The Torah comes around to you and you kiss  your prayer book
and then you touch the prayer book to the Torah.

"Roses are Red
Violets are Blue.
On this Top Three List,
Blue's number Two." 

And the Number One Occasion where a B-Greek Discussion Enlightened Me or
Provided Insight about a Scripture:

1.  Yancy and George S's attempt to establish that DIKAIOSUNH in 2 Peter 1:1 means something
closer to "Divine Beneficence" or "love" than"righteousness."

http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b-greek/2010-April/053295.html

They made a very convincing case by citing LXX usages.  I would certainly call this an insight because
having checked about a dozen English translations I found that all of them render this with "righteousness"
or "justice."  I think I noted at the time that Today's Greek Version has AGAPH TOU QEOU.  This seems
to me to be one of the few cases where we have a B-Greek insight which affects the meaning of the text beyond
the margins.  I'm not surprised to find Yancy at the top of this Top Three List.

Let me just say two quick things about this Top Three List.  Two of these three are from last month, so
I suppose if I searched my memory or the archives I could easily come up with seven more.  BUT it would
be even easier to come up

Top Ten Things that B-Greek Does Better Than Provide Insights or Enlightenment About A Scripture.

 

 Mark L
Φωσφορος


FWSFOROS MARKOS




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Please provide your personal Top 3 List (or more if you prefer) where
B-greek discussion enlightened you about a Scripture?
What insight did you gain?
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