Alternative Translation of 1 Corinthians 12.2: Unreal (Contra-Factual) Sense of àn ḗgesthe apagómenoi
Alternative Translation of 1 Corinthians 12.2 Unreal (Contra-Factual) Sense of ἂν ἤγεσθε ἀπαγόμενοι
Many English translations follow Blass and Debrunner, taking ἂν ἤγεσθε ἀπαγόμενοι (1 Cor 12.2) in an iterative sense: “You know that, when you were pagans, you were (led astray) to mute idols, as you used to be led astray,” which makes little sense. In Classical and Hellenistic Greek, a past indicat...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2014
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The Bible translator
Year: 2014, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 125-134 |
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translation of ἂν ἤγεσθε ἀπαγόμενοι
B iterative sense B past indicative verb with ἄν B Classical and Hellenistic Greek B unreal (contra-factual) sense B 1 Cor 12.2 |
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| Summary: | Many English translations follow Blass and Debrunner, taking ἂν ἤγεσθε ἀπαγόμενοι (1 Cor 12.2) in an iterative sense: “You know that, when you were pagans, you were (led astray) to mute idols, as you used to be led astray,” which makes little sense. In Classical and Hellenistic Greek, a past indicative verb is frequently used with the particle ἄν in a non-conditional clause, to indicate an unreal (contra-factual) sense in the past or the present. It makes better sense to translate ἂν ἤγεσθε ἀπαγόμενοι in an unreal (contra-factual) sense in the present—“but you are not led astray now!” |
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| ISSN: | 2051-6789 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Bible translator
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2051677014529581 |