[B-Greek] Jam 3:7 FUSIS
Oun Kwon
kwonbbl at gmail.com
Tue Mar 15 14:48:08 EDT 2011
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 2:37 AM, Iver Larsen <iver_larsen at sil.org> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oun Kwon" <kwonbbl at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [B-Greek] Jam 3:7 FUSIS
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>> Jam 3:7
>>
>> PASA GAR FUSIS QHRIWN TE KAI PETEINWN ERPETWN TE KAI ENALIWN
>> DAMAZETAI THi FUSEI THi ANQRWPINHi
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> Even though there is no hUPO or EN, the dative phrase THi FUSEI THi
ANQRWPINHi seems to refer to the agent for the preceding two passive verbs
for taming. ἀνθρώπινος ANQRWPINOS is an adjective that modifies the head
noun. The whole sentence highlights the power of humans over beasts in the
sense of their ability to tame all kinds of animals. I don't see a problem
with understanding both instances of FUSIS here as "species". The human
species is taming and has tamed all animal species.
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> Iver Larsen
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Thank you Iver, I hear you well. Now the sentence comes clear to me. BDAG
had more details on the lexicographic level. Taking both as 'species' makes
the English rendering understandable. I found several which rendered it as
'nature' - DRB and those based on Peshitta (Rotherham, Etheridge, Murdock).
Since The human being as a species has not, in fact, 'tamed every
species' (or 'every kind' - KJV) of animal kingdom, should I take
the expression 'every' as rhetorical hyperbole?
David Stein's Jewish New Testament seems to succeed to give a best
English-like one to bring what the author is trying to tell about the
problem of taming the tongue.
"For people have tamed and continue to tame all kinds of animals, birds,
reptiles and sea creatures;"
Oun Kwon.
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