[B-Greek] accents
A. Dirkzwager
dirkzwager at pandora.be
Wed Mar 9 16:23:30 EST 2005
Ron,
I have only an answer to your first question.
B.A. van Groningen, Short Manual of Greek Palaeography, Leyden 1967, p. (&
writes:
The accentuation is an invention of the Alexandrian scholars (Aristophanes
of Byzantium is mentioned by name). It was invented in order to facilitate
the reading of texts written in scriptio continua and to suggest a solution
in case of doubt.
.........
As to the breathings, their origin and history are practically the same.
They were again introduced by the Alexandrian philologists ......
Arie
Dr. A. Dirkzwager
Hoeselt, Belgium
e-mail dirkzwager at pandora.be
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Van: "Minton, Ron" <rminton at bible.edu>
Aan: "b-greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Verzonden: woensdag 9 maart 2005 21:15
Onderwerp: [B-Greek] accents
Does anyone know when accents and breathing marks were first used in
ancient Greek?
Also, which early NT manuscripts have accents and breathing marks?
Was context the main help on liquid future verbs?
Many thanks,
Ron Minton
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