Punctuation query

B. D. Colt babc2 at attbi.com
Mon Dec 10 18:51:52 EST 2001


On 10 Dec 01, at 17:57, Mark DelCogliano wrote:


> The so-called 'heretics' punctuate it thus: 
> 
> In principio erat Verbum et Verbum erat apud Deum et Deus erat. Verbum
> hoc erat in principio apud Deum.
> 
> while the 'orthodox' thus: 
> 
> In principio erat Verbum et Verbum erat apud Deum et Deus erat Verbum.
> Hoc erat in principio apud Deum.


> I suppose a similar ambiguity could be ascribed to the Greek text as
> well, i.e. KAI QEOS. HN hO LOGOS hOUTOS... vs. KAI QEOS HN hO LOGOS.
> hOUTOS...
> 
KAI hO LOGOS HN PROS TON QEON KAI QEOS. (?)  That doesn't 
seem to make sense at all to me.

KAI QEOS HN doesn't seem much better.  I don't think it would work 
in Greek.

 
Barbara D. Colt, mailto:babc2 at attbi.com
St John the Evangelist, San Francisco



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