Star of Bethlehem

Moon-Ryul Jung moon at saint.soongsil.ac.kr
Sun Jan 7 05:12:42 EST 2001


Carl wrote
> Grk text: IDOU MAGOI APO ANATOLWN PAREGENONTO EIS hIEROSOLYMA
> I'd say that APO ANATOLWN really ought to construe with PAREGENONTO,
> "arrived from the East"--I wouldn't think we should understand the phrase
> as attributive to 


MAGOI without an additional article.
> 

You seem to have the following in mind: 

MAGOI hOI APO ANATOLWN.

Wouldn't it mean THE WISE MEN FROM THE EAST, i.e. a specific group
of wise men?

By the way, what is the difference between

hOI MAGOI hOI APO ANATOLWN 
and MAGOI hOI APO ANATOLWN?

Moon
Moon-Ryul Jung
Sogang Univ, Seoul, Korea
 




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