@Saboi“πύργος and this the true cognate of *burg-“No, Germanic (at word-beginning “Anlaut”) b always< idg bh; Greek π alway idg p or q(u).So *burg is not a cognate of πυργ-.germanic *burg- (Gothic baurgs = village; in Gothic u+r > au+r) and Berg…
κεφαλίς is also an odd word, why does this mean book?κεφαλίς (dim. of κεφαλή) little head, capital of a column. cf. κεφάλιονβιβλίον (dim. βίβλος) paper, document, tablet, place in which books are kept. cf. βιβλίδιον, libellus.χαρτίον(dim. χάρτης) pap…
This passage isn’t quite like those other passages. The ones in your first list have the form ποιεῖν τινα +adj./subst. predicate, which is ποιεῖν.III in the LSJ. That is the “render so and so” type of use I mentioned.In your second list, one of these …
οτι is not originally present in Sinaiticus, but is added as a correction up above the line (in 56).Both verses in Hebrew start out with the feminine demonstrative, and the Greek seem to be keeping the gender for that reason. Robert Alter translates 5…
Regarding the Expresssion τι εμοι και σοι I asked Chat gtp.Well, chat gtp did quite nice in NT and LXX aspects, but then … the classic Greek Literature: Chat gtp must have some peculiar Library with unique editions of the Iliad and of Medea:Chat-Log: …
Addition: Zerwick 1963 page 1-4 (“The use of the Plural”: https://archive.org/details/biblicalgre … 7/mode/2up. : To Borrow for 1 hour!)Statistics: Posted by Jean Putmans — Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:45 pm
New Testament Grammars have very little justification to exist outside of a religious belief that this collection of books of fairly varied language and style and authorship has some sort of grammatical unity imposed by God. This is not an idea that m…
That single BCE-Papyrus is the one I mentioned in my opening post (by the way: It’s nice that Papyri.info and https://www.papyrusportal.de/content/start.xml) have the possibility to do a text-search).Yes, You’re right, that NT-Witnesses are all from c…
That particular story is original with Matthew, I suspect, and the usage of δηνάριον in Mark would be sufficient to explain Matthew’s word choices, as Matthew is trying to both retell and imitate Mark. Besides, Matthew is writing late, after the 70 A….
Strabo, Geography 11.13.4βασίλειον δ᾽ αὐτῶν θερινὸν μὲν ἐν πεδίῳ ἱδρυμένον Γάζακα, χειμερινὸν δὲ ἐν φρουρίῳ ἐρυμνῷ Ὀυέρα “The royal summer palace is situated in a plain at Gazaca and their winter palace in a fortress called Vera”In this translation of…
I see this forum is mostly discussing biblical Greek, but personally I’m mostly interested in Byzantine texts. I’m currently reading Etymologiarum by Isidore of Seville, and finding it very interesting and legible. I’d love to find something similar i…
Fascinating, thanks Joel! Where can I find Chrysostom’s commentary on the Psalms in the original Greek?Statistics: Posted by Mitch — Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:28 pm
Thanks for the lengthy explanation. Merry Christmas!Statistics: Posted by Jean Putmans — Sun Dec 24, 2023 5:36 pm
In the light of the decision of almost every Bible translator, past and present, to go for the passive voice in English in this verse (Luke 12:20), it would be easy to assume that Luke’s use of the 3rd person plural with the verb in the active voice m…
Addition: Zerwick 1963 page 1-4 (“The use of the Plural”: https://archive.org/details/biblicalgre … 7/mode/2up. : To Borrow for 1 hour!)Statistics: Posted by Jean Putmans — Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:45 pm
One of the main uses of ποιεῖν is to “cause” things to be in a certain state or to happen.If I take this at face value. None of these passages follow that rule: John 5:18; John 8:53; John 10:33; John 19:7, 12; 1 John 1:10; 1 John 5:10; https://www.bib…
Fascinating, thanks Joel! Where can I find Chrysostom’s commentary on the Psalms in the original Greek?Statistics: Posted by Mitch — Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:28 pm
New Testament Grammars have very little justification to exist outside of a religious belief that this collection of books of fairly varied language and style and authorship has some sort of grammatical unity imposed by God. This is not an idea that m…
Having looked at the Tauchnitz New Testament that MacDonald mentions, I think that one possibility is that he means Matthew 17:21 and Mark 9:29. Matthew 17:21: “Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.”The apparatus lists S*V as omit…
τῆς Μήδων πόλεωςΜήδων is genitive plural, “city of the Medes.” Not “Mede-city.”Statistics: Posted by Chris Weimer — Sat Mar 30, 2024 2:54 am