“That . . . the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom”: Dōē in Ephesians 1.17 and 2 Timothy 2.25
The spelling of δώῃ in NA28 in Eph 1.17 and 2 Tim 2.25 is wrong. The correct form is δῴη, as in Westcott and Hort (WH), and a number of other old editions. An additional difficulty is that the NA apparatus does not illuminate the problem for the reader as the WH editions do. The problem is not serio...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2020
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| In: |
The Bible translator
Year: 2020, Volume: 71, Issue: 2, Pages: 231-235 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Didōmi
/ Greek language
/ Novum Testamentum Graece
/ Bible. Epheserbrief 1,17
/ Bible. Timotheusbrief 2.
/ Orthography
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Greek spelling
B irregular μήποτε B δίδωμι B optative B Bibel. Timotheusbrief, 2., 2,25 |
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| Summary: | The spelling of δώῃ in NA28 in Eph 1.17 and 2 Tim 2.25 is wrong. The correct form is δῴη, as in Westcott and Hort (WH), and a number of other old editions. An additional difficulty is that the NA apparatus does not illuminate the problem for the reader as the WH editions do. The problem is not serious in the translation of 2 Tim 2.25, where the real problem is the translation of μήποτε. In any case, if the verb is an optative, expressing a wish, we can understand better the irony of the author. Translations of Eph 1.17 that read δωη as subjunctive (expressing possibility) rather than optative are erroneous: The verb is in fact optative, as earlier translations correctly reflect. |
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| ISSN: | 2051-6789 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Bible translator
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2051677020917999 |