theos and ho theos'

Ken Smith kens at 180solutions.com
Thu Mar 1 12:39:18 EST 2001


I can't speak to Coptic, but Latin doesn't have a definite article.
Consequently, the Vulgate reads:

in principio erat Verbum et Verbum erat apud Deum et Deus erat Verbum.

"Deus" is capitalized in the version I have, but I don't know if that
reflects the earliest manuscripts (or even what the significance of a
capitalized "Deus" would have been); or whether that reflects more on
Jerome's grammatical or theological sensibilities.

Ken Smith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul, Doug [mailto:Doug.Paul at GD-CS.COM] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 9:09 AM
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> Subject: [b-greek] Re: theos and ho theos'
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> 
> I'm curious to know how old are the oldest translations (not 
> into English but into Latin, Coptic, etc.) of John 1 and how 
> do they render it?  Did they supply an article?  I know 
> nothing of these other ancient languages maybe they don't 
> have indefinite articles either.
> 
> Doug
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