[B-Greek] diamelisqhsetai

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Jun 14 19:46:08 EDT 2007


On Jun 14, 2007, at 6:52 PM, Jeffrey B. Gibson wrote:

>
>
> Calvin Lindstrom wrote:
>
>>   John,
>>
>> It appears that this word is used only here in the LXX. (Dan. 3:96) I
>> do not believe that its root word is in BDAG or any of my other
>> lexicons. A search on google or yahoo brings up only links to two
>> transliterations of the LXX. Not much help there either.
>
> The verb appears here:
>
> Eudoxus Astron. Fragmenta 292.24
>
> Diodorus Siculus  Bibliotheca historica 3.65.3.4
>
> Plutarchus Biogr..
>
> De Iside et Osiride 355.B.2
> De E apud Delphos 389.A.4
> De sollertia animalium 973.B.6
> De esu carnium i 993.B.7-
> De esu carnium i 996.C.3
>
> Josephus Hist.
> AJ 3.227.2

The point Jeffrey is making, if it isn't obvious enough, is that the  
Biblical Greek texts are not an isolated corpus within the vast body  
of extant Hellenistic Greek texts.

Carl W. Conrad
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