[B-Greek] Mark 1:1

Mark Lightman lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Mon Mar 21 08:44:23 EDT 2011


I note that Holmes leaves out not only the brackets (good,) but the whole phrase 
(bad.)  :)

Maybe somebody could post the exact wording of the inscription about Augustus, 
so we can see how compelling the parallel is.

 Mark L



FWSFOROS MARKOS




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From: Dony K. Donev <dony at cupandcross.com>
To: Biblical Greek' <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Mon, March 21, 2011 6:41:11 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Mark 1:1

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


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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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יהיו לרצון אמרי פי והגיון לבי לפניך, ה' צורי וגואלי


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