[B-Greek] 2 Peter 1:20 and context

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Sun May 30 15:29:49 EDT 2010



On May 29, 2010, at 10:41 PM, Iver Larsen wrote:

> IL: The voice from heaven was not a prophetic experience. It was God himself 
> speaking, theophany if you want, and Peter was one of 3 eye witnesses.

"Peter" takes pains to avoid attributing the voice directly to God. The agency of God in regard to the voice is somewhat indirect. 2 Peter 1:17. λαβὼν γὰρ παρὰ θεοῦ πατρὸς τιμὴν καὶ δόξαν φωνῆς ἐνεχθείσης αὐτῷ τοιᾶσδε ὑπὸ τῆς μεγαλοπρεποῦς δόξης LABWN GAR PARA QEOU PATROS TIMHN KAI DOXAN FWNHS ENECQEISHS AUTWi TOIASDE hUPO THS MEGALOPREPOUS DOXHS ...

ENECQEISHS AUTWi suggests that FWNHS was somehow separate from QEOU, which R.Bauckham (2Pt,Jd WBC 1983) understands as an avoidance of anthropomorphism. 




Elizabeth Kline
 






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