[] BOULEUSETAI in Lk 14:31 Jennifer Chiou vze2pn8x at verizon.net
Fri Feb 28 08:54:31 EST 2003
[] Learning BIBLE GREEK [] BOULEUSETAI in Lk 14:31 Luke 14:31 … PRWTON BOULEUSETAI EI DUNATOS ESTIN …I’m translating it “will first take counsel (with himself) if he isable”, taking the middle BOULEUSETAI to mean “to take counsel withoneself” (cf. RWP, BAGD)How should this middle be classified? The force seems to suggest”Reciprocal Middle”, if we could think of the subject to be plural (as,he’s having a conference amongst himself, one says this, the other saysthat…). Or is this really a “Indirect Middle”, with the emphasis onhe’s having a conference BY HIMSELF?Peace,Jennifer Chiou
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[] BOULEUSETAI in Lk 14:31 Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Feb 28 09:05:25 EST 2003
[] BOULEUSETAI in Lk 14:31 [] Learning BIBLE GREEK At 8:54 AM -0500 2/28/03, Jennifer Chiou wrote:>Luke 14:31 … PRWTON BOULEUSETAI EI DUNATOS ESTIN …> >I’m translating it “will first take counsel (with himself) if he is>able”, taking the middle BOULEUSETAI to mean “to take counsel with>oneself” (cf. RWP, BAGD)> >How should this middle be classified? The force seems to suggest>“Reciprocal Middle”, if we could think of the subject to be plural (as,>he’s having a conference amongst himself, one says this, the other says>that…). Or is this really a “Indirect Middle”, with the emphasis on>he’s having a conference BY HIMSELF?It’s worth noting that some lexica, including BDAG, list this verb asBOULEUW although BDAG rightly notes that it is found only in the middle inthe GNT and the middle is common even in Attic prose. I think the simplefact is that the sense of deliberation naturally falls into the middlevoice with its focus upon self-interested action, so that the sense ofBOULEUSETAI in the Lucan passage is, “will deliberate (in his own interest)whether he is capable …”– Carl W. ConradDepartment of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243cwconrad at artsci.wustl.eduWWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/
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