[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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----- Original Message ----
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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