[B-Greek] Lucian's word for revered, alternate MSS spelling
Yancy Smith
yancywsmith at sbcglobal.net
Sun Dec 2 09:08:25 EST 2007
Jonathan,
Adding a bit of context is helpful.
âá½ÏεÏÎµÏ ÎºÎ±á½¶ Ïὴν θαÏ
μαÏÏὴν ÏοÏίαν Ïῶν
ΧÏιÏÏιανῶν á¼Î¾Îμαθεν, ÏεÏá½¶ Ïὴν ΠαλαιÏÏίνην Ïοá¿Ï
ἱεÏεῦÏιν καὶ γÏαμμαÏεῦÏιν αá½Ïῶν ξÏ
γγενÏμενοÏ.
καὶ Ïί γάÏ; á¼Î½ βÏαÏεῠÏαá¿Î´Î±Ï αá½ÏÎ¿á½ºÏ á¼ÏÎÏηνε,
ÏÏοÏήÏÎ·Ï ÎºÎ±á½¶ θιαÏάÏÏÎ·Ï ÎºÎ±á½¶ ξÏ
ναγÏÎ³Îµá½ºÏ ÎºÎ±á½¶
ÏάνÏα μÏÎ½Î¿Ï Î±á½Ïá½¸Ï á½¤Î½, καὶ Ïῶν βίβλÏν Ïá½°Ï Î¼á½²Î½ á¼Î¾Î·-
γεá¿Ïο καὶ διεÏάÏει, ÏÎ¿Î»Î»á½°Ï Î´á½² αá½Ïá½¸Ï ÎºÎ±á½¶ ÏÏ
νÎγÏαÏεν,
καὶ á½¡Ï Î¸Îµá½¸Î½ αá½Ïὸν á¼ÎºÎµá¿Î½Î¿Î¹ á¾Î´Î¿á¿¦Î½Ïο καὶ νομοθÎÏá¿
á¼ÏÏῶνÏο καὶ ÏÏοÏÏάÏην á¼ÏεγÏάÏονÏο, μεÏá½°
γοῦν á¼ÎºÎµá¿Î½Î¿Î½ á½Î½ á¼Ïι ÏÎβοÏ
Ïι, Ïὸν á¼Î½Î¸ÏÏÏον Ïὸν
á¼Î½ ÏῠΠαλαιÏÏίνῠá¼Î½Î±ÏκολοÏιÏθÎνÏα, á½
Ïι καινὴν
ÏαÏÏην ÏελεÏὴν εἰÏá¿Î³ÎµÎ½ á¼Ï Ïὸν βίον.
hOTEPER KAI THN QAUMASTHN SOFIAN TWN
CRISTIANWN EXEMAQEN, PERI THN PALAISTINHN TOIS
hIEREUSIN KAI GRAMMATEUSIN AUTWN XUGGENOMENOS.
KAI TI GAR; EN BRAXEI PAIDAS AUTOUS APEFHNE,
PROFHTHS KAI QIASARCHS KAI XUNAGWGEUS KAI
PANTA MONOS AUTOS WN, KAI TWN BIBLWN TAS MEN EXH-
GEITO KAI DIESAFEI, POLLAS DE AUTOS KAI SUNEGRAFEN,
KAI hWS QEON AUTON EKEINOI HiDOUNTO KAI NOMOQETHi
ECRWNTO KAI PROSTATHN EPEGRAFONTO, META
GOUN EKEINON hON ETI SEBOUSI, TON ANQRWPON TON
EN THi PALAISTINHi ANASKOLOPISQENTA, hOTI KAINHN
TAUTHN TELETHN EISHGEN ES TON BION.
Rough translation: "From the time he carefully learned the "amazing" wisdom of the Christians, he hung out with their priests and scribes becoming well acquainted with Palestine. Why would he do that? He quickly became like a father to them, while they revered him as /considered/believed that he was a prophet, priest, and congregational leader--everything all by himself. (He made clear explanations of some of their boods and he composed many himself). They even revered him/considered him as a god/divine and consulted him as a lawgiver, indeed in the way they still worship that other person who was impaled in Palestine, because he gave birth to this new mystery [religion]."
The difference between reading HiDOUNTO and hHGOUNTO is the difference between "revered" and "considered." The two could be easily confused, since the difference in sound is slight (both these consonants were voiced fricatives or "soft." One was dental, the other velar. (Dr. Randal Buth could be more precise than I on this.) Revered seems to fit the context better, given the comparison with hON ETI SEBOUSI (i.e., Jesus). However, it is difficult to decide between these two readings.
The first word is not found in the New Testament; however, it does appear in the LXX (Judith, 2 Macc, 4 Macc, Prov). It has a range of meaning between "be ashamed," "have respect for/revere" to "be partial toward." The second (hHGEOMAI) word is found in the NT about 28 times. Here it would have the meaning "to consider" or "regard" or even "believe in."
Yancy
Jonathan wrote:
As mentioned in an earlier request, Lucian of Samosata's work "The
Passing of Peregrinus" has the following statement on pages 12-13
(paragraph 11), as found in The Loeb Classical Library, Lucian with
an English Translation by AM Harmon Volume V, 1972:
και ÏÏ
νεγÏαÏεν και ÏÏ Î¸ÎµÎ¿Î½ αÏ
Ïον
εκεινοι ηδοÏ
νÏο και νομοθεÏη εÏÏÏνÏο
KAI SUNEGRAFEN KAI hWS QEON AUTOÎ EKEINOI HiDOUNTO KAI NOMOQETÎι
ECRWNTO
However, a footnote on page 12 reads: ηδοÏ
νÏο [HiDOUNTO] Cobet,
Fritzsche: ηγοÏ
νÏο [HGOUNTO].MSS
Could someone please tell me the meaning and significance of this
alternate reading?
Does this alternate word appear in the GNT?
Do either of these words appear in the writings of the Ante-Nicene
fathers?
Regards
Jonathan Clerke
clerke at humanperformance.cc
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