From: Rev. Bryant J. Williams III (bjwvmw@com-pair.net)
Date: Mon Sep 03 2001 - 02:11:42 EDT
Dear Stirling and Thomas:
I laid out the Greek as follows without the verse markers beginning in verse
5:
1. LANQANEI GAR AUTOUS TOUTO QELONTAS
2. HOTI OURANOI HSAN EKPALAI
3. KAI GH EX hUDATOS
4. KAI DI' hUDATOS SUNESTWSA TO TOU QEOU LOGWi
5. DI' WN hO TOTE KOSMOS hUDATI KATALUSQEIS
APWLETO
Three times hUDWR is used in the last three lines. The relevant allusion in
the OT is Gen 1:1ff and Gen 6-9. Creation of the world by the Word (LOGWi -
the LOGOS?) of God AND its destruction by the Great Flood (hUDATI), thus
Judgement. It seems to me that DI' WN in line 5 is relating back to DI'
UDATOS in line 4. I do like the logical parallelism from line 3 to line 5. I
am also inclined to think that DI' WN could be referring back to both DI'
hUDATOS and TOU QEOU LOGWi. My reasoning, although not full-proof, is that
the destruction of the whole earth was by water and by the command of God
(see the parallelism of LOGWi in verse 5 with EPANGELIA in verse 3). If I am
correct, then DI' WN is actually referring to the entire phrase of line 4
above.
En Xpistw,
Rev. Bryant J. Williams III
----- Original Message -----
From: "c stirling bartholomew" <cc.constantine@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Biblical Greek" <b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 8:46 PM
Subject: [b-greek] Re: 2Pet 3:6 DI' hWV
> on 9/2/01 1:02 PM, Thomas J. Kraus wrote:
>
> > Hope this is good for anything at all!?
>
> Thomas,
>
> I printed your post and have already spent over two hours studying the
> problem in light of your excellent analysis. It will probably take me a
day
> or two to sort through this however. One reason is that using 2Pet 1:4 to
> help explain 2Pet 3:6 is like elucidating an enigma with a conundrum. I
have
> not yet mastered the 2Pet 1:3-4 riddle.
>
> I am going to keep looking at this and will at some point attempt to
respond
> on list but wanted to let you know that I truly appreciate your taking the
> time to offer us your insights on this matter.
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Clay
>
>
>
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