[B-Greek] meaning of circle in Isaiah 40:22?

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sun Mar 7 09:48:31 EST 2004


At 6:27 AM -0800 3/7/04, Jonathan Walther wrote:
>Could any Greek scholar here point me to a reference on the LXX text of
>Isaiah 40:22?
>
>    http://bibledatabase.net/html/septuagint/23_040.htm
>
>Specifically, I am wondering if the Greek could support the notion of a
>spherical, or "circular" earth.

Not very likely: circular yes, spherical no; the reference here, as
generally in antiquity is to the round ring of the horizon, more as a plane
figure extending diametrically.
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Carl W. Conrad
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