The Harpagmos Enigma: A Philological Solution
Modern discussion of the enigmatic ??? ??pa?µ?? ???sat? t? e??a? ?sa ?e? of Phil. 2:6 received its most significant contribution from Werner Jaeger in a notable article published half a century ago. Jaeger contended that this much-disputed phrase belongs to a cluster of idiomatic expressions in whic...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[1971]
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Harvard theological review
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Bible. Philipperbrief 2,6
B Greek language B Noun B harpagmos |
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| Summary: | Modern discussion of the enigmatic ??? ??pa?µ?? ???sat? t? e??a? ?sa ?e? of Phil. 2:6 received its most significant contribution from Werner Jaeger in a notable article published half a century ago. Jaeger contended that this much-disputed phrase belongs to a cluster of idiomatic expressions in which literal notions of robbery or violent seizure are not present. These idiomatic expressions feature double accusative constructions in which ??pa?µa as well as ??µa???, e???µa and e?t???µa regularly appear with such verbs as ??e?s?a?, p??e?s?a? and t??es?a? with the meaning, to regard something as a stroke of luck, a windfall, a piece of good fortune, etc.2 When it occurs in such a construction ??pa?µa is to be understood as a synonym of the above-mentioned nouns (Studie, pp. 548-49)a judgment which Jaeger believed is most patently indicated in Heliodorus, Aethiopica VII.20, since there both ??pa?µa and ??µa??? occur in the same phrase: ??? ??a?µa ??d? ??µa??? p??e?ta? t? p???µa |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0017816000018058 |