[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. 

  “Ὅτεπερ καὶ τὴν θαÏ
μαστὴν σοφίαν τῶν 

  Χριστιανῶν ἐξέμαθεν, περὶ τὴν Παλαιστίνην τοῖς 

  ἱερεῦσιν καὶ γραμματεῦσιν αὐτῶν ξÏ
γγενόμενος. 

  καὶ τί γάρ; ἐν βραχεῖ παῖδας αὐτοὺς ἀπέφηνε, 
  προφήτης καὶ θιασάρχης καὶ ξÏ
ναγωγεὺς καὶ 

  πάντα μόνος αὐτὸς ὤν, καὶ τῶν βίβλων τὰς μὲν ἐξη-

  γεῖτο καὶ διεσάφει, πολλὰς δὲ αὐτὸς καὶ σÏ
νέγραφεν, 
  καὶ ὡς θεὸν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖνοι ᾐδοῦντο καὶ νομοθέτῃ 

  ἐχρῶντο καὶ προστάτην ἐπεγράφοντο, μετὰ 
  γοῦν ἐκεῖνον ὃν ἔτι σέβοÏ
σι, τὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸν 

  ἐν τῇ Παλαιστίνῃ ἀνασκολοπισθέντα, á½
τι καινὴν 

  ταύτην τελετὴν εἰσῆγεν ἐς τὸν 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 σÏ
νεγραφεν και ως θεον αÏ
τον 
εκεινοι ηδοÏ
ντο και νομοθετη εχρωντο

KAI SUNEGRAFEN KAI hWS QEON AUTOΝ EKEINOI HiDOUNTO KAI NOMOQETΗι 
ECRWNTO

However, a footnote on page 12 reads: ηδοÏ
ντο [HiDOUNTO] Cobet, 
Fritzsche: ηγοÏ
ντο [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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