[B-Greek] Pronunciation of Abraham

Bryan Cox b_coxus at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 20 09:27:18 EDT 2005


Over the past year I have been learning to read
miniscule handwriting.  While looking at various
manuscripts, I noticed that several (many?) of these
manuscripts appear to have hABRAAM (with a rough
breathing mark) rather than ABRAAM as it appears in
most texts today. The examples I've noted most often
are in Matthew 1:1 and 1:2.

The example I'll provide below can be found on the
Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung website. 
It is manuscript 1432 on the Handschriften page.

http://www.uni-muenster.de/Bibelmuseum/handschriften_abb/2444/002.jpg

Matthew 1:1 - hABRAAM
http://dreamwater.org/bccox/habraam1.gif

Matthew 1:2 - hABRAAM
http://dreamwater.org/bccox/habraam2.gif

(Examples of smooth breathing marks follow...)

Matthew 1:2 - ADELFOUS
http://dreamwater.org/bccox/adelphous.gif

Matthew 1:3-4 - ARAM
http://dreamwater.org/bccox/aram.gif

Was hABRAAM (with the rough breathing) a common
pronunciation?  How/when/why did it change?  Or have I
just missed something?

Thanks,
Bryan Cox
Plano, Tx


		
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