[B-Greek] Easter question
Albert Pietersma
albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Sun Apr 1 19:25:13 EDT 2007
If you you check the first passover account in Ex 12, you will see that
the LXX has PASXA (v.11), a transcription of the Aramaic term, rather
than the Hebrew. This probably means that when the Hebrew Pentateuch
was translated into Greek, Alexandrian Jews referred to the festival by
that name.
Al
On Apr 1, 2007, at 4:29 PM, Mitch Larramore wrote:
> My friend got an email from one of his friends in
> Athens, Greece. She signed it KAI KALO PASCA. Now I
> know she is not Jewish. Could someone explain how
> PASCA is the Greek equivolent of Easter? I note that
> the Passover occurs near in time to Easter, but are
> they equivolent?
>
> Mitch Larramore
> Sugar Land, Texas
>
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