By Bart J. Koet, Steve Moyise, Joseph Verheyden
'The Scriptures of Israel in Jewish and Christian culture' is a set of reports in honour of Professor Maarten J.J. Menken (Tilburg/Utrecht) and illustrates the wealthy range of ways to biblical interpretation in the beginning of the typical period. a world group of experts percentage their insights on such issues because the availability of Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek texts, Jewish and Christian hermeneutics, notions of authority and idea or even a research of inscriptions. each one in its personal manner demonstrates that the connection among textual content and culture, tradition and trust is usually advanced.
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Table 2A shows the number of words. Apparently v. 2, the heart of the parable, is in the centre of an a-b-c-b’-a’ pattern. It is framed in v. 1b and v. 3 by 28 words, and once again in v. 1a and v. 4, also by 28 words. At v. , the two parts of the segment v. 1–6 conform to a proportion of three to two on a basis of twenty-eight words. In order to understand the function of v. 7 we will study the context of the entire chapter in Table 2B. Isaiah 5:1–6, 7 LXX: The Number of Words Isa 5:1a 1b 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 9 18 26 30 19 28 28 28 84 56 56 140 words 27 As to the fact that v.
We state the fact that the text illustrates the thesis mentioned earlier: the square of nineteen, 361, or 19², is the sum-total of 190, the triangular number of nineteen plus 171, the triangular number of eighteen. 7 is clear: choosing v. 5 as the main division, and using his syllable technique, the LXX translator was able to apply the thesis with perfect precision. 1 In Mark 12:1–12, the earliest New Testament variant of the Song of the Vineyard, we use the text of N-A25. We have no space for an adequate discussion of the variant in v.
6, in the words (or thought) of the only son’s father, the owner of the vineyard: “They will respect my son” (RSV, NEB). We shall call it, for a moment, v. 6d. The position of these words deserves our attention. The Position of the Words Spoken in Mark 12:6 Mark 12:1a: 1b–5: the parable, (a) 6: N(arrative) D(iscourse) 7–9: the parable (c) 10–12: γραφή etc. 7. 13 52 + 51 + 59 = 12 + 12 + 4 = 162 28| 190 45 + 24 + 36 = 62 + 34 + 9 = 105 105 | 210| «9» 400| 422 syll. 34 joost smit sibinga What is the position of v.