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  • From: "James Ernest" <jdernest AT alum.bu.edu>
  • To: Corpus-Paul <corpus-paul AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Cc: MillerJimE AT aol.com
  • Subject: Re: [Corpus-Paul] 1 Cor 6:16
  • Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:39:22 -0500

> As far as I know this is the only time Paul, or anyone else, uses phesin
> for a Scripture quote.

Don't know about that, but I was just notincing that it seems pretty common in the Apostolic Fathers (1 Clem, 2 Clem, Barn)--maybe worth checking to see if there are any instances that match what you're suggesting here? My impression is that when phesin (or another verb) is used without a subject the writer simply isn't being specific about the subject--God, Moses, scripture, whatever--it's an authoritative quotation and specific subject doesn't matter.

James Ernest




On 11/30/06, MillerJimE AT aol.com <MillerJimE AT aol.com > wrote:
    I don't think I have asked this question on this list before.  1 Corinthinas 6:16 quotes Genesis 2:24 and introduces the quotation not with his usual "gegraptai" (1:19; 2:9; 4:6; 9:9) but with "phesin" (he says).  As far as I know this is the only time Paul, or anyone else, uses phesin for a Scripture quote.
    Who is the "he" who says this?  Commentaries tend to opt for God as the inspirer of Scripture.  However, I think Paul is saying that this is quoted by Jesus as a teaching on sexual ethics -- a dominical saying related to Matthew 19 where Jesus also quotes Genesis 2:24 against polygamy (divorce & remarriage) as well as other non-marital sexual outlets (19:10-12).
    Any thoughts on this theory?  Does anyone know of a scholar who has published this idea before?
    Thanks,
Jim Miller

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