A Metaphor in Distress a Reading of NHΠIOI in 1 Thessalonians 2.7
There is a well known textual problem in 1 Thess 2. 7. The problem occurs in the second clause of the verse and concerns whether the text should read ν⋯πιοι (infants) or ἤπιοι (gentle). My aim in this short note is to argue that there are neither sufficient text-critical reasons, nor sufficient cont...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1990
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New Testament studies
Year: 1990, Volume: 36, Issue: 3, Pages: 469-473 |
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| Summary: | There is a well known textual problem in 1 Thess 2. 7. The problem occurs in the second clause of the verse and concerns whether the text should read ν⋯πιοι (infants) or ἤπιοι (gentle). My aim in this short note is to argue that there are neither sufficient text-critical reasons, nor sufficient contextual reasons for preferring ἤπιοι to ν⋯πιοι. This argument swims against the tide of contemporary scholarly opinion. Almost all of the major commentators on this text read ἤπιοι, gentle. Further, all the standard English translations read ‘gentle’. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688500015861 |