[b-greek] Re: Mk 1:2

From: Cassian DelCogliano (cassian@holyroodguild.com)
Date: Sat Jul 21 2001 - 09:39:18 EDT


> While the quotations in Mark and Matthew could be grammatically interpreted
> ambiguously, Matthew 3:1 and 11:7 and Mark 1:4 clearly claim that John was
> preaching in the wilderness. It would seem to me that such closeness in
> context would be decisive and would be grounds for the confidence seen in the
> majority of the interpretations in antiquity and in modern translations.
>
> Carlton Winbery

Thanks, Carlton, and to the others who have replied. I didn't doubt what
the various scholars said about the MT but was interested in the source of
the confidence on the part of that commentator I mentioned regarding the
Greek text. Carlton's observation is decisive for me: in 1:4, Mk clearly
places the voice crying in out--John the Baptist--in the desert. I have
learned an important lesson: that grammatical ambiguity may be resolved by
looking to the context. The forest is just as important as the trees--even
the leaves.

I'll look more closely at the LXX text to see if the ambiguity can be
resolved by context. In his post Chet Creider has made an inital foray,
although I don't think one can rely on punctuation, which the ancient mss
never had.

Thanks to all,

Mark Cassian DelCogliano

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