What is "KURIAKOS"?

WFWarren at aol.com WFWarren at aol.com
Fri Mar 31 15:19:53 EST 2000



In a message dated 3/31/00 10:22:24 AM, cms at dragon.com writes:

>I had a friend who was Dutch who once told me that 
>Kuriakos means "Sunday" in Dutch, presumably meaning "the Lord's Day."
>

>Cindy Smith        

I haven't followed this discussion closely, so this may have already been 
mentioned.  But in the lectionary equipment in the Greek NT manuscript 
tradition, KURIAKOS is used to indicate Sunday (= the Lord's Day), as in 
designating a reading as a Sunday reading.  At least in the Christian context 
of scribes and churches, the Greek word KURIAKOS took on a unique meaning as 
designating a specific day of the week.

paz,

Bill Warren
Director of the Center for New Testament Textual Studies
Landrum P. Leavell, II, Professor of New Testament and Greek
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary



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