[B-Greek] Mark 1:1

Dony K. Donev dony at cupandcross.com
Mon Mar 21 08:41:11 EDT 2011


Actually, my original question was much simpler and did not involve 
Revelation at all, which is irrelevant here (as I am persuaded it is the 
Revelation of Jesus Christ, and not about).

I was simply asking if the phrase “of the Son of God” in Mark 1:1 is a 
modifier of the /evangelieon/. Meaning if the verse should be translated:

The Gospel … of Jesus Christ, the Son of God

OR

The Gospel … of Jesus Christ, of the Son of God (2^nd of to reflect on 
the Genitive)

Consecutively, I encountered Metzger, where the Committee was aware of 
the lack of the phrase in several major sources, but considered to leave 
the phrase in brackets.

On the other hand, I mentioned Turton who sees the combination of 
“evangelion …. of the Son of God” as direct resemblance to the way Roman 
emperors addressed the people. The presence of such formula, however, 
greatly disagrees with the “slave” symbolism used by Mark to describe 
Jesus. My main concern, therefore, was if the imperial form was added 
later, which raised my question about the grammatical appropriateness of 
“of Jesus Christ” hanging at the end of the clause.

I understand that when rendered in English the question makes little 
difference, but let’s remember that there are other language groups 
subscribed to this great list (hence, examples like potatoes and 
patatas, Mr. Ed and so on may be perceived as offensive by some).

Thank you all for your helpful input.

Dony K. Donev


-------- Original Message --------

Subject: 	Re: [B-Greek] Mark 1:1
Date: 	Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:10:22 +0200
From: 	Jason Hare <jason at thehebrewcafe.com>
To: 	Dony K. Donev <dony at cupandcross.com>, b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org

Dony,

George's original comment that you're referring to was about the verse
in the Revelation not having any variants regarding the statement "I
come as a thief" being odd where it was placed. He wasn't saying that
your verse in Mark doesn't have any variants. I think you
misunderstood his reference there.

Regards,
Jason Hare
Rehovot, Israel
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