[B-Greek] tongues - languages

Curtis Hinson curtis at curtishinson.com
Thu May 26 03:18:40 EDT 2005


XARIS SOI Jeffrey,

I have so often thought the very thing!  I would adore it to have handbooks
from the major translation committees.  So often I have wondered what was on
their mind that led them to render something in a certain way.  It does seem
odd that we have to reverse-engineer these decisions rather than having
something like Metzger's handbook to the text for the translation committee.
Sometimes I find myself just thinking, "Well, whatever, I can't get that out
of this text."

Bless the Name
Curtis Hinson

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[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey T. Requadt
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...
Things like this are why I wish translating committees would publish a
handbook that explains why they translate certain controversial passages the
way they do; but that's getting into translation, not necessarily Greek
grammar.

Or have I missed the point of the entire discussion?

Jeffrey T. Requadt
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[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Ben Crick
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On Wed 25 May 2005 (06:14:56), papaweiss1 at yahoo.com wrote:
> 3. Being an unusual or rarely-used (these days) word for "languages," 
> it perhaps subtly cues  the reader/listener to the fact that the text 
> is speaking about something other than normal  human speech.

 "Language" is an English word derived from the Latin /lingua/, the tongue.
"Tongues" and "Languages" (articulated with the help of the "tongue") are
therefore synonymous.

 ERRWSQE
 Ben
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