Hi, Tim; it's been a while since we heard from you. Literally, the verse is
"the men sat down (the Greek actually says 'reclined' or 'lay down' since
that's the conventional posture for eating in the Greco-Roman world), about
5,000 in number. The Greek for number is accusative, TON ARIQMON: this is
an adverbial accusative of specification explaining PENTAKISCILIOI.
ANEPESAN, by the way, is an aorist 3d plural, not an imperative 3d plural.
TTD: Carl, thanks for the help. I'll go home and look at Smythe to refresh
my memory on the adverbial accusative. I simply forgot about this type of
construction.
Yes, it has been some time since I last wrote you or b-greek. I'm not
doing any teaching or teaching relation tasks now. Every now and then,
I'll pick up the Greek New Testament and read a chapter or so in Greek,
thinking about different exegetical questions while going through the text.
I don't do this as often as I should, so I might forget some basics.
That's why it's nice to have friends at b-greek.
Do you or anyone else have any suggestions about which Nag Hammadi texts
might be of reading interest for someone looking to see similar gnostic
ideas both in John and in the Nag Hammadi corpus. The gospel of John was,
after all, a favorate writing for the gnostics. I'm interested in reading
whatever Nag Hammadi writing and the sections in John are closely related
for myself.
Thanks
If we could imagine chasity as an essential ingredient in the sexual life,
we would not get so caught up in various excesses and repressions. For
example, Boticelli's 'Primavera' displays the world of Venus and includes
both Eros and Chasity, Chasity dancing with pleasure and beauty as one of
the three human graces.
Thomas Moore, _Soul Mates_
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