[B-Greek] Acts 6:9 how many synagogues in this text?
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 23 21:48:09 EST 2007
There may (or may not) have been five or more Hellenist synagogues in Jerusalem, I'm not sure; but the Synagogue of the Libertines was the synagogue of
well, libertines in the sense of being freedmen, i.e. those who had formerly been slaves.
george
gfsomsel
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From: Oun Kwon <kwonbbl at gmail.com>
To: B-Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 9:38:41 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Acts 6:9 how many synagogues in this text?
On 2/23/07, George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Only one. After stating what synagogue was involved the nationalities are
> then given -- "both
and
and"
>
>
> george
What surprised me to look into this is
Paul Barnett
The Birth of Christianity The First Twenty Years
p. 68
"These Greek-speaking Jews living in Jerusalem attended the five or
more 'Hellenist' synagogues in Jerusalem (Acts 6:9)....
Some of English translations are not clear about this.
Oun.
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