"Man and Message", by Callow

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Apr 12 07:13:51 EDT 2000


At 6:59 PM -0600 4/11/00, Wayne Leman wrote:
>For those who wonder what "Loine Greek" is (see below), let me explain: It
>was the transitional stage of the linqua franca between Koine Greek and
>Latin. (And it's only 10 days since April 1!)
>
>Wayne
>
>>TWOG has the advantage of using many exx. from the Bible, esp. the NT, and
>>many of the translation issues raised are due to differences between Loine
>>Greek and other languages, including English, into which one wishes to
>>translate the Greek.

That's what we used to refer to as the authorship of Ben Trovato (Non è
vero, ma e ben trovato.).
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