[B-Greek] HARMAGEDWN

Joseph Weaks j.weaks at tcu.edu
Fri Sep 10 11:25:59 EDT 2004


On Sep 10, 2004, at 9:17 AM, Ron wrote:
> I am looking at Rev. 16:16, and recognize that this term is apparently 
> translated (transliterated) from the
> Aramaic... I was reading Thayers article on the word and wondered if 
> there are those on the list that
> work with both languages and could give me the bottom line on the 
> derivation of this word?  I hope this
> is not too far beyond the parameters of the list since it is not a 
> strict grammatical question.

Among critical Revelation scholars, there now seems to be a consensus 
or at least majority opinion that hARMAGEDWN, traditionally thought to 
be of course Mount Megiddo, is a more cryptic name of an unknown 
origin. I find the argument regarding the low profile of the tel of 
Megiddo and the argument that the spelling differences are 
irreconcilable unconvincing.

Joe Weaks

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Rev. Joseph A. Weaks
Senior Minister, Bethany Christian Church, Dallas
Ph.D. (Cand.), Brite Divinity School, Ft. Worth
j.weaks at tcu.edu
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