[B-Greek] LXX Greek vs NT Greek

Revdpickrel at wmconnect.com Revdpickrel at wmconnect.com
Wed Apr 26 16:22:50 EDT 2006


In a message dated 4/26/2006 8:16:12 AM Central Daylight Time, 
g_gardner1234 at yahoo.com writes:


> Thank you all for the information. It is always nice to have the scholars 
> weigh in. My next question is related to my first. In your view, can someone 
> use the application of the Greek words found in the LXX, as chosen by the 
> translators to best express its Hebrew equivalent, as a template to define what 
> the possible Hebrew equivalent of the same NT words might be in a reverse 
> fashion? Would this sort of application be considered accurate or acceptable in 
> the academic language community?
> 
> Once again, thank you all for your input,
> 
> Gene Gardner
> 

Hi Gene,

I've formed an opinion that it easier for one armed with Septuagint Greek to 
move to Koine Greek than the reverse.  I know that isn't your question but I 
wanted to throw in my two cents.  There is a LXX group if you're interested; 
lxx-owner at yahoogroups.com  

Doug
Rev. Doug Pickrel, Litt.D.
Tejas Valley
San Antonio, Texas



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