Rev 14:11 - EIS AIWNAS AIWNWN

Ben Crick ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Fri Jan 19 13:20:45 EST 2001


On Thu 18 Jan 2001 (22:03:55 +0100), d.roe at t-online.de wrote:
> What is the reason for this anomaly? I don't know of any change in the
> meaning of EIS AIWNAS AIWNWN due to its unique anarthrous plural form.
> Is there?

 Dear David,

 See my other post. As I noted there, the Hebrew sometimes has the definite
 articles, and sometimes (more often) not. So the LXX has and has not; but
 not systematically. IMHO, it has become a set-phrase Doxology. Compare the
 Latin "per saecula saeculorum, Amen" formula, often recurring in the Latin
 liturgy.

 HTH
 Ben
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