alpha and omega

Bart Ehrman behrman at email.unc.edu
Sat Sep 21 11:36:29 EDT 2002


   When writing out the names of the Greek letters, is there a reason to
capitalize them?  I'm thinking of the passage in the Infancy Gospel of
Thomas where a teacher is instructing Jesus in the alphabet, from alpha to
omega (or Alpha to Omega).

-- Bart Ehrman
   University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill




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