[B-Greek] ELPIS and ELEOS

James Bowick bowick at idirect.com
Tue Nov 16 23:49:26 EST 2004


What I am suggesting is that the confusion between ELPIS and ELEOS happened
in the transmition of the LXX itself.  As such it is just one more Greek
copyist error.  But ELPIS and ELEOS are both common words in the New
Testament, which we have a rich attestation of copyist mistakes.  If it is
the case that they could be confused, it seems likely that at some point in
the copying of the New Testament that same mistake would have occured.  I do
not think it would necessarily be profitable to narrow the search to LXX
examples, however as it is a visual error, then arguably a confirming
example would need to be traceable back to uncials and not occur merely in
miniscules.  Does anyone know of anywhere in any Greek literature that ELPIS
is copied in place of ELEOS?

Thanks all for your help, and for the suggestions that you have already
given.

James Bowick

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Subject: Re: [B-Greek] ELPIS and ELEOS



On Nov 16, 2004, at 4:46 PM, Ken Penner wrote:

>  Dear Al,
> Is this the sort of question the IOSCS commentaries would address?
> Ken
Indeed, the commentator will want to assess the likelihood of ELPIS
being a  textual variant (hence attributable to the source text) or an
interpretational variant (hence attributable to the translator).
Al
>
>> 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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>> Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
>> University of Toronto
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