01-07-2009, 08:25 AM
Shlama akhi Mike,
My opinion is that the wordplay in Acts is definitely intentional. It is too smooth of a transition to not be contrived.
However, I would be interested in hearing any Greek wordplays you might be aware of. i've looked around a bit myself and haven't found any...
i don't know if the below instance truly qualifies as a wordplay, but it jumped out at me when i originally read the passage, so i posted it in the word-play arena a couple months back. no bites, so maybe it isn't...but the fact that the initial presentation is in the narrative portion and the subsequent "apparent word-play" occurs in dialogue leads me to personally think it a worthy example of Luke's clever set-up.
here it is:
http://www.peshitta.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1926
Chayim b'Moshiach (Life in Messiah),
Jeremy
My opinion is that the wordplay in Acts is definitely intentional. It is too smooth of a transition to not be contrived.
However, I would be interested in hearing any Greek wordplays you might be aware of. i've looked around a bit myself and haven't found any...
i don't know if the below instance truly qualifies as a wordplay, but it jumped out at me when i originally read the passage, so i posted it in the word-play arena a couple months back. no bites, so maybe it isn't...but the fact that the initial presentation is in the narrative portion and the subsequent "apparent word-play" occurs in dialogue leads me to personally think it a worthy example of Luke's clever set-up.
here it is:
http://www.peshitta.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1926
Chayim b'Moshiach (Life in Messiah),
Jeremy
Mike Kar Wrote:Yes, I must admit there is a word play here. But the question is, is it intentional?? There are word plays in the Greek as well that the Aramaic does not play out (I think; I am pretty sure for I hear them in sermons when preachers here go to the Greek) So, you have "cat and mouse" or "tit for tat."
We just are not sure that this word play was intentional unless there is some clue in the narritive, here in Luke, that would be just to coincedental to be an "unintentional word play."
Paul, may ask you what you meant by ". . . Add to it that the word play presents itself partly in Luke's narrative and you have a home run!" ??
What did you mean by , " . . partly in Luke's narrative. .."??
More convincing to me would be 3 or 4 word plays in Luke-Acts along with or in addition to this. That would be a HOME RUN!!.
So, does anyone know 2 or 3 more in these 2 works of Luke?? that would help.
Just a thought here.
Kindly,
Mike Karoules