Pronunciation

WFWarren at aol.com WFWarren at aol.com
Fri Jan 19 08:04:39 EST 2001



In a message dated 1/18/01 5:25:28 PM, Denny Diehl writes:

>In a discussion of a textual variant at Lk 22:40,
>it is suggested that the reason for having the
>variation of:  PROSEUCESQAI and PROSEUCESQE
>is that the diphthong AI and the vowel E are
>pronounced the same.  Really?  I was under
>the impression that
>
>AI had a long I sound, and
>E had a short E sound.
>
>Which is correct?

I've seen this confusion quite often in NT mss.  Without looking up more 
examples, one in Sinaiticus in John 1, perhaps verse 12 if memory serves 
correctly, comes to mind, with Sinaiticus have the E rather than AI.  I seem 
to recall that we've also found a few other mss. with this same variant, 
including one we recently collated here at he CNTTS.  This change is 
represented even in some minuscule mss.   Of course, we can't determine if 
they are copying an earlier vowel confusion or creating one without detailed 
analysis of the specific instance.  


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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