[B-Greek] Shin/Samek was: Iesous/zeus connection

Ken Penner pennerkm at mcmaster.ca
Thu Sep 29 14:26:30 EDT 2005


Hi Randall,
I would like to know why you would say the shin/samex confusion is a *clear*
grecism, or a grecism at all. Do we not see examples of this in the DSS
(e.g., 1QS vii,3, see Qimron HDSS), in parallel biblical texts (if memory
serves correctly; Sperber would probably point these out), and of course in
the Shibbolet story. Are these all grecisms, or am I misunderstanding
something?

Ken Penner, Ph.D. (cand.), McMaster University
M.C.S. (Biblical Languages, Greek Focus), M.A. (Qumran Hebrew Poetry)
pennerkm at mcmaster.ca
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> We do know that there were 
> sub-standard
> speakers of both Hebrew and Aramaic during Ben Kosiba's time 
> (132 CE), e.g.
> who confused shin and samex (a clear Grecism) ...




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