[B-Greek] ELPIS and ELEOS

Ken Penner pennerkm at mcmaster.ca
Tue Nov 16 16:46:13 EST 2004


 Dear Al,
Is this the sort of question the IOSCS commentaries would address?
Ken

> Though the mistake you mention seems plausible, I don't off-hand know 
> of an identical one. Given the fact that according to the 
> Cambridge LXX 
> there are no variants to ELPIS, one may want to entertain a 
> variant in 
> the Hebrew source text. Since ELPIS on a number of occasions 
> in the LXX 
> translates MaCHSeH (Ps 13:6, 60:4, 61:8, 90:9, 93:22, Isa 28:15)
> Al
> On Nov 16, 2004, at 3:00 PM, James Bowick wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > in the LXX of 2 Chron 35:26 ELPIS is used to translate 
> CHESED.  ELEOS 
> > it
> > seems would be a better choice, and in fact ELEOS is used in this 
> > context
> > elsewhere in 2 Chron.  (e.g. 32:32).  The only way I can 
> account for 
> > ELPIS
> > in 35:26 is as a visual error.  Is it common to see 
> copyists confuse 
> > ELPIS
> > and ELEOS?  Are there other examples?
> >
> > James Bowick
> > M.Div. Cand.
> > McMaster Divinity College
> > Hamilton, Ont.
> >
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