Biblical Greek and Word Origins

atombomb at sirius.com atombomb at sirius.com
Sun Mar 28 02:47:46 EST 1999


Two classic works you may be interested in:

R.B. Onians,  The Origins of European Thought about the Body, the Mind,
the Soul, the World, Time, and Fate:  Cambridge Univ. Press (paperback
ed. 1988).

Also, E. Rohde, Psyche: The Cult of Souls and Belief in Immortality
among the Ancient Greeks (Ares Publishers Inc.: Chicago, reprint of
orig. 1925 ed., 1987).  But be careful:  Rohde follows Tylor's "animism"
theories, which have become a major source of misunderstanding in the
history of Hellenic thought.

Regards, 

John Burnett



Richard Maurer wrote:
> 
> On 03/26/99, ""Tony Stark" <Data7201 at aol.com>" wrote:
> > Greetings,I'm Interested in knowing what publications are out there that
> delves into greek word origins.Can anyone out there recommend some Great
> titles? Thank you for your reply.:-)
> 
> For common words (e.g., hand, send, east, grief, mind, shout, noble) try *A
> Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages*
> by Carl Darling Buck, which costs $30 or so. It’s a fun book to browse and
> includes ancient Greek as first among its entries for each word, along with
> Latin, French, Gothic, Old Norse, Old English, and a couple of dozen other
> IE languages. Buck shows how the different forms usually have common roots,
> which may answer your question about word origins. A different kind of book
> is *Theological Lexicon of the New Testament* by Ceslas Spicq (3 vols.,
> $100 list, big discount from CBD). He has an interesting choice of Greek
> words with special significance to the New Testament. He goes into great
> depth on each word and is also fun to browse.
> 
> Richard Maurer
> 
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