[B-Greek] Spiros Zodhiates

ann nyland nyland at tsn.cc
Fri Jan 28 20:33:42 EST 2005


Yes, we must be talking cross purposes. Deissman, MM etc are of no use in OT - I am not sure whether your post below addresses NT or OT, I was speaking about LXX, and stating the papyri are used rather for the NT. In also pointed out that one refers to "OT" they do not usually mean the LXX.

I did not, in fact, question whether the OT work made any use of papyri. As an academic working in lexicography of 1st century Palestine I knew of course that it didn't. We must have crossed wires at some point.

Ann Nyland
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  In a message dated 1/28/05 7:04:45 PM, nyland at tsn.cc writes:



    "The papyri" refers to the huge body of papyri (relevant to NT times) and
    used by Deissmann and Moulton and Milligan for example, not to an errant
    papyrus here and there. No, the LXX predates them. Also, you are discussing
    lexicography not TC.

    Ann Nyland



  Yes, and the papyri of the first century BC bear upon the meaning of words, ergo, are incorporated into lexical studies. Works such as Lust/Eynikel/Hauspie are based upon just such studies, and in turn are available for scholarly use. I suspect the OT Dictionary put out by AMG Publishers under the editorship of Warren Baker relied on just such a work -- since I recall ordering it for use in the Special Projects Department.

  I am not sure what you are arguing against since it was you who questioned whether the works in question made any use of papyri. You obviously knew from the poster that these were dictionaries since their titles were given.

  Now, I can assure you both M&M and Deissmann were used, as I said, in the portion of the lexical aids I revised. And to what extent those volumes were used, their research is reflected.

  As to how much a Hebrew dictionary uses papyri studies I cannot say precisely. But with the increasing relevance and interest in the study of the LXX, I would dare say while it may be relatively small it is nevertheless certainly noteworthy. The bibliography of LEH tells one as much.

  But then, we may be talking past one another.

  Pr. TR 


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