[B-Greek] Another Latin LXX quote

Paul Wendland wendlanp at wls.wels.net
Thu May 29 07:45:13 EDT 2003


The entire tag in Latin goes like this:

Novum Testamentum in Vetere latet, Vetus in Novo patet

The New Testament in the Old lies concealed
The Old in the New is revealed

is the little jingle I learned for translating it.

It is adapted from:

St. Augustine *Quaestiones in Heptateuchum* 2, 73 (the Heptateuch = the
first seven books of the OT Scriptures).

The passage in context reads:

73. (20, 19) Loquere tu nobis, et non loquatur ad nos Deus, ne quando
moriamur. Multum et solide significatur, ad Vetus Testamentum timorem potius
pertinere, sicut ad Novum dilectionem: quamquam et in Vetere Novum lateat,
et in Novo Vetus pateat.

"You speak to us, and do not let God speak to us lest we perchance die"
(Exodus 20:19).  This passage signifies a great and lasting truth: that fear
pertains to the Old Testament just as love does to the New--even though the
New lies hidden in the Old Testament, and the Old Testament is opened up in
the New.
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Paul O. Wendland
Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary
wendlanp at wls.wels.net

>-----Original Message-----
>From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
>[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Zhang Jia Jun
>Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 11:05 PM
>To: Ben and Jo Crick; b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Another Latin LXX quote
>
>
>The verb "latere" is the infinitive from which "latet" is conjugated, I
>assume, what with the little I can still remember from my Latin.
>But what does "latere" mean lexically--"conceal" or "reveal"? In
>the context
>of "Novum in vetere latet", where(or what) is the exact source?
>
>Kevin
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ben and Jo Crick" <ben.crick at argonet.co.uk>
>To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
>Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 6:33 AM
>Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Another Latin LXX quote
>
>
>> On Wed 28 May 2003 (13:15:28), bgreek at ntresources.com wrote:
>> > I'd appreciate an accurate translation of ~Novum in Vetere latet~.
>>
>>  "The New is in the Old concealed"
>>  [and it goes on]
>>  "The Old is in the New revealed."
>>
>>  That is, the Old and New Testaments.
>>
>>  Ben
>> --
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>>  <ben.crick at argonet.co.uk>
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>>
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