From: Jonathan Ryder (jpr1001@cam.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Jan 12 1999 - 09:59:58 EST
A query re syntax of this verse:
PROSECETE [DE] THN DIKAIOSUNHN hUMWN MH POIEIN EMPROSQEN TWN ANQRWPWN
PROS TO QEAQHNAI AUTOIS
H D Betz in his commentary on SM (Fortress 1995) says PROSECETE takes
two objects, one direct THN DIKAIOSUNHN and one indirect MH POIEIN...
and translates vs: 'Be on guard concerning righteousness, not to act
before the people ...', insisting that usual translations, eg 'Take heed
that ye do not do your righteousness...' (RV) 'Christianize' Jewish
theology.
I assume that 'usual translations' take MH POIEIN as 'object' or
complementary infinitive to PROSECETE and THN DIKAIOSUNHN hUMWN as the
object of POIEIN
My questions are as follow:
1. Do I assume correctly re usual translation as detailed above?
2. Are both options syntactically possible?
3. Is there any grammatical/syntactical/lexical reason/evidence for
preferring one or the other or is this an exegetical question?
Yours
Jonathan Ryder
Tyndale House
Cambridge
UK
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