[B-Greek] LXX Tetragrammaton in Aquila query (& PaleoHebrew f ont?)
bgreek at ntresources.com
bgreek at ntresources.com
Tue Jun 3 10:03:11 EDT 2003
A related Greek accent question just occurred to me. The normal rule is that
a grave accent can only occur "in flow" (i.e., with other Greek text
following). When "out of flow" a grave always changes to an acute. So how
would one accent the EGW in the example I gave from 3 Kgs 21:13? It does not
have a "Greek word" following it, but a Hebrew word--but one which is
"standing in" for KURIOS?! Should it remain EGW\ or become EGW/ ?
(The ref., if you need it, is at
<http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/temp/temp.htm>.)
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Rodney J. Decker, Th.D., Associate Prof/NT
Baptist Bible Seminary, Clarks Summit, PA,USA
NTResources.com PURL: purl.oclc.org/NT_Resources/
Email: <rdecker> at <NTResources.com>
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> Subject: [B-Greek] LXX Tetragrammaton in Aquila query (&
> PaleoHebrew font?)
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>
> Swete's Intro to the LXX (pp. 35-40) discusses and
> illustrates Aquila's use of ancient *Hebrew* script for the
> Tetragrammaton in his (Greek!) translation. An odd feature
> indeed. I've tried to reproduce this in a written document,
> but the fonts are problematic. The only PaleoHebrew script
> font that I've found is not embeddable in pdf, but I've found
> nothing else. I have two questions.
>
> 1. Have I represented the characters accurately?
> (The samples that Swete gives are not all identical and I
> suspect that they are only approximations. My choices aren't
> identical to his, but they have been selected from
> Pritchard's ANEP tables (p 88). The He is OK, and I think the
> yodh is also, though it differs from Swete's; the Waw is more
> questionable. I'm out of my territory in such Hebrew paleography.)
>
> I've temporarily posted a graphic of my current "edition" at
> this URL: http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/temp/temp.htm
>
> 2. Is there a free, embeddable TrueType font that contains
> the correct characters? (I've used one called Phonike--which
> I think is intended to represent the Phoenician script?)
>
> I'd appreciate any feedback on these two questions. (I'm not
> interested in sectarian theology on the subject.)
>
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> Rodney J. Decker, Th.D., Associate Prof/NT
> Baptist Bible Seminary, Clarks Summit, PA,USA
> NTResources.com PURL: purl.oclc.org/NT_Resources/
> Email: <rdecker> at <NTResources.com>
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