Colossians 1,17 'hold together': A co-opted term
The Greek terms rendered 'hold together' in Col 1,17 (sunistemi), Wis 1,7 (suneko), and Sir 43,26 (sugkeimai) do not derive from Septuagint renderings of the Hebrew Bible; instead they are terms that Second Temple Jewish and Greek Christian apologists co-opted from Hellenistic philosophy t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
2014
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Biblica
Year: 2014, Volume: 95, Issue: 1, Pages: 64-87 |
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Colossians 1,17
B Wisdom 1,7 B Sirach 43,26 |
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| Summary: | The Greek terms rendered 'hold together' in Col 1,17 (sunistemi), Wis 1,7 (suneko), and Sir 43,26 (sugkeimai) do not derive from Septuagint renderings of the Hebrew Bible; instead they are terms that Second Temple Jewish and Greek Christian apologists co-opted from Hellenistic philosophy to commend 'biblical' concepts to the Graeco-Roman world. From these texts we can infer the semantic relationships of these verbs. The 'liturgical composition' in Col 1,15-20 displays a combination of biblical wisdom and co-opted philosophy. |
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| ISSN: | 2385-2062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblica
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