Colossians 1,17 'Hold Together': A Co-Opted Term
Updated by:
Neta Rozenblit
Research notes:
NR\Reader checked\02/02/2015
Reference type:
Journal Article
year:
2014
Full title:
Colossians 1,17 'Hold Together': A Co-Opted Term
Journal / Book Title || Series Title:
Biblica
Volume:
95
Pages:
64-87
Work type:
Essay/Monograph
Abstract:
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.
Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha:
Composition / Author:
Wisdom of Solomon
Passage:
1:7
Composition / Author:
Ben Sira
Passage:
43:26
URL:
http://www.bsw.org/biblica/vol-95-2014/colossians-1-17-hold-together-a-co-opted-term/549/
Label:
30/06/2014
Record number:
98 137