Matthew 27:33

γολγοθα with ο or with α ? Martin Arhelger arhelger at gmx.de
Thu Jul 1 04:41:03 εδτ 1999

titles not available Tense of τεταγμενοι in Acts 13:48 The hill where Jesus was crucified is called “γολγοθα” in all Greektxt-editions known to me an also in my Latin edition and all of myEnglish, French and Dutch bible-versions.But Martin Luther’s German translation ” and after him many protestantGerman bible-translations have “Golgatha”. (German Catholic translationsmostly have “Golgotha”.)Does anybody know the reason why Luther has an “a” where the Greek texthas an “o” ? Is it due to another spelling tradition of vowels or whatis the reason?Martin Arhelger,Germany

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γολγοθα with ο or with α ? Jack Kilmon jkilmon at historian.net
Thu Jul 1 10:01:56 εδτ 1999

titles not available titles not available Martin Arhelger wrote:> > The hill where Jesus was crucified is called “γολγοθα” in all Greek> txt-editions known to me an also in my Latin edition and all of my> English, French and Dutch bible-versions.> > But Martin Luther’s German translation ” and after him many protestant> German bible-translations have “Golgatha”. (German Catholic translations> mostly have “Golgotha”.)> > Does anybody know the reason why Luther has an “a” where the Greek text> has an “o” ? Is it due to another spelling tradition of vowels or what> is the reason?The word is Aramaic, of course and gwlgwlt) are holem waws. ι am notthat up on Luther but if he was competent in Hebrew could he havetaken a patah from the Hebrew for “hill?”Jack Kilmonjkilmon at historian.nethttp://www.historian.net

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