Re: [B-Greek] mamonàs

Maurice A. O'Sullivan mauros at iol.ie
Wed May 12 10:58:49 EDT 2004


At 03:30 12/05/2004, Steve Balestra wrote:

>   Does anyone know of any good commentary on the use of this
>word in the NT context, also with reference to this Syrian god Mammon,
>internet-based or otherwise.

I see you have already had an answer to this question, but would point out 
that the Anchor BIble Dictionary [ article by Wilcox ] takes a different 
view on the Aramaic/Hebrew question.

 >>All of this supports the view that Semitic material is to be found in 
the tradition preserved here by Luke. Because the Greek form of the word is 
MAMWNAS, it is on balance more probable that it reflects the Aram MMWN' 
(pronounced _mammona_) than the corresponding Hebrew.<<


Maurice A. O'Sullivan
[Bray, Ireland]

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