[B-Greek] Rev. 1:10
Ken Penner
pennerkm at mcmaster.ca
Wed Dec 3 14:05:41 EST 2003
In modern Greek, KURIAKH stands on its own without HMERA.
As a parallel to this elided hHMERA, BAGD offers Jer. 52:12 (tenth of the
month) and AGORAIOS referring to a court "day".
The lexica are really a good place to start for these kinds of questions.
Look up the secondary literature given (although in BAGD it is quite dated;
the mid '60s produced several articles on this topic).
Note the context: Ignatius wrote that those who "no longer sabbatized" but
"lived according to Christ Jesus" were the "godly prophets" who "lived in
antiquated practices"! Are we to imagine that Ignatius thought the prophets
observed Sunday rather than Saturday?
Ken Penner, Ph.D. (cand.), McMaster University
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> However, noting that in Modern Greek KURIAKH is sufficient for
> "Sunday," would it be necessary that hHMERA appear with the
> modifier? Is
> that what is done in Modern Greek? How early can we find
> attestation for
> this, or is this Magnesian appearance its earliest witness?
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