[B-Greek] Mark 1:1

Dony K. Donev dony at cupandcross.com
Sun Mar 20 10:21:01 EDT 2011


Thanks for the replay. Perhaps you meant:

All MSS [do not] contain it. Metzger claims it is omitted in a* Q28^C 
/al/ which is a bit major.

At the same time, Michael Turton writes: "The term "gospel" 
(/euangelion/) seems to have been in general use as part of a standard 
phrase/arche tou euangeliou/(the beginning of the gospel) known from 
proclamations and inscriptions from the time of Augustus. The phrase 
"Son of God" (/theou hyios/) was also used of Roman emperors (Helms 
1988, p28-9)."

Hense my question: Is it a simple addition OR a Roman proclamation formula
whereas the intended meaning was: "the Gospel .... OF the Son of God" ?


Dony


On 03/20/2011 10:03 AM, George F Somsel wrote:
> Ἀρχὴ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Ὶησοῦ Χριστοῦ [υἱοῦ θεοῦ].
> ARXH TOU EUAGGELIOU IHSOU XRISTOU [hUIOU QEOU].
> I would take this to be an objective genitive, but I am reminded of 
> the theme song of the old "Mr. Ed" show "A horse is a horse, of 
> course, of course ..."  Similarly, a genitive is a genitive so it's a 
> matter of interpretation.  You say "potaytoe" and I say "potahtoe."  
> As to the awkwardness of the ending υἱοῦ θεοῦ hUIOU QEOU, what 
> awkwardness?  The attestation is reasonably good, and I would hesitate 
> to exclude something solely because of my criticism of its literary 
> style -- particularly in a language other than my native language.  
> Admittedly, there are times when some text can appear glaringly 
> obvious, but not always.  I'm thinking particularly of Re 16.15 where 
> we suddenly find the announcement "Behold, I come as a thief ..."  
> What is so glaring about that is that it simply seems as though it is 
> dropped into the middle of an unrelated matter.  Nevertheless, all Mss 
> contain it and so it remains in the text.  Most often changes are made 
> in a text to smooth them out rather than to make them more difficult.  
> The scribe seems to say, "I can write better Greek than that."
>
> george
> gfsomsel
>
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> *From:* Dony K. Donev <dony at cupandcross.com>
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> *Sent:* Sun, March 20, 2011 6:38:29 AM
> *Subject:* [B-Greek] Mark 1:1
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> This is rather a quick question on a first read of Mark 1:1:
>
> Should the genitive "of Jesus Christ" be translated as a
>
> possessive belonging to the "Gospel" in the first clause?
>
> Also, isn't the clumsiness of the phrase, rather hanging at the end
>
> sufficient proof for its later addition in B D W /al/
>
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> /Dony K. Donev/
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