From: Stephen Carlson (scc@reston.icl.com)
Date: Fri Dec 29 1995 - 10:46:30 EST
I've come an interesting interpretation of Lk1:1, but it seems implausible,
so I'd like the list's opinion of it:
Lk1:1 EPEIDHPER POLLOI EPEIXEIRHSAN ANATACASQAI DIHGHSIN PERI TWN
PEPLHROFORHMENWN EN hHMIN PRAGMATWN
The NRSV's translation adequately illustrates the same problem in
English:
Lk1:1 Since many have undertaken to set down an orderly account of the
events that have been fulfilled among us,
How many accounts is Luke referring to? Many people, each, have written
a separate account; or one account which many people helped to write? I
have always understood Luke to refer to many accounts, but how plausible
is it to understand the latter possibility?
Luke is such a careful writer, especially in this section, if he want to
precisely state there was one account, would he have said, e.g., "MIAN
DIHGHSIN"?
Stephen Carlson
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