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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