08-19-2012, 02:47 AM
Not lost at all. In fact there are very few "smoking guns" in our collection that can stand alone, being so obvious that only someone wanting to not see it will argue.
Rather, these things if taken as a pattern show us that there is an underlying Semitic vein underneath the skin of the Greek NT. Idioms are curious clues as to the thought process of an author. The fact that Paul used the idiom is more important than the fact that a later scribe tried to smooth it out in Greek.
Rather, these things if taken as a pattern show us that there is an underlying Semitic vein underneath the skin of the Greek NT. Idioms are curious clues as to the thought process of an author. The fact that Paul used the idiom is more important than the fact that a later scribe tried to smooth it out in Greek.