Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

I don't think Augustine is reading anything into תכלית. He's not reading Hebrew at all. He's reading Latin 'perfectum'. So to a large extent, your approach is asking the wrong question. If you want to know what Augustine thought, just look at Latin 'perfectum'. If you want to know whether Augustine's view incidentally overlaps at all with the Hebrew, you need to compare the semantic ranges of תכלית and 'perfectum'.

Cheers!

GEORGE ATHAS

Dean of Research,

Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)

On 06/11/2012, at 5:58 AM, "Mike Burke" <michaelgburk AT yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>>Also, you seem to indicate by your use of the word "contain" that all occurrences of the word in question "contain" all the possible nuances of the word.<<<<

I didn't mean to imply that all occurrences of the word must contain all the possible nuances of the word, I'm merely trying to understand what those possible nuances are.

Are ideas like "mature," "healthy," and morally or ethically "perfect" possible nuances of Takliyth?

Are they possible nuances of perfectum, but not of Takliyth?

Would it have been wrong for Augustine to read such a meaning into Takliyth?

These are the questions I'm interested in.

>>>>The Hebrew word only occurs five times and seems to mean something like "complete, utter, absolute," etc.  The Latin term, I'm sure Barry could tell us, occurs much more often in the entire Latin corpus<<<<

I know it occurs only five times in the Old Testament, but I would assume it occurs more often than that in the entire Hebrew corpus (i.e. Midrash, Mishna, Apocrypha, Talmud, Dead Sea Scrolls, etc.), wouldn't it?

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From: Jerry Shepherd <jshepherd53 AT gmail.com>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Monday, November 5, 2012 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Takliyth

Hi Mike,

 

It seems to me that you are trying to achieve a level of pedantic precision that is probably unattainable.  Also, you seem to indicate by your use of the word "contain" that all occurrences of the word in question "contain" all the possible nuances of the word.  The Hebrew word only occurs five times and seems to mean something like "complete, utter, absolute," etc.  The Latin term, I'm sure Barry could tell us, occurs much more often in the entire Latin corpus and has a much larger range of suggested meanings and nuances; nevertheless, no single occurrence of the Latin term will "contain" all the possible meanings.

 

Blessings,

 

Jerry

 

 Jerry Shepherd

Taylor Seminary

Edmonton, Alberta

jshepherd53 AT gmail.com

 

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