From: Bart Ehrman (behrman@email.unc.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 15 1999 - 16:05:50 EST
Ignatius goes on a tear with GENOITO MOI in Ephesians 11f (3x). It's
normally translated something like "may it be to me that ..." or "may I
be" (optative of wish). What do you think of "I hope that I," or
something comparable? E.g., translating
"In him I am bearing my chains, which are spiritual pearls, EN hOIS
GENOITO MOI ANASTHNAI TH PROSEUXH hUMWN" as "In him I am bearing my
chains, which are spiritual pearls. In them I hope to rise again through
your prayers..."
Too weak? Wrong idea? Unnuanced? Perfect in every way?
-- Bart Ehrman
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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