[B-Greek] GARADHNOUS
Albert Pietersma
albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Sun Jan 20 23:10:20 EST 2008
A fact to remember is that Semitic names lose their semantic
transparency when transcribed into Greek. As a result the inner-Greek
rate of distortion in transmission history tends to be very high. A
rule of thumb is, therefore, to posit a secondary correction to
Semitic only as a very last result. Not impossible but highly
unlikely, even when a seemingly suitable Semitic root is attested.
Al
On Jan 20, 2008, at 1:21 PM, <jlitteral5 at adelphia.net>
<jlitteral5 at adelphia.net> wrote:
> This is a reading found in codex 967 of the OG version of Daniel
> 5:7. The Aramaic found in the MT is gazerin, and Theodotion
> transliterated that. The 967 scribe either made an error or copied
> from an error of the LXX or the LXX translators had a different
> reading in their Vorlage. I was just curious if anyone knew if
> GARADHNOUS is a possible transliteration of the Aramaic or whether
> their is an Aramaic word that it could have been transliterated
> from? Also in 2:27 the 967 used GARADHNWN, and in 5:8 the reading
> appears to be GARAZHNOI. I would appreciate any help! Thank you!
>
> John Litteral
>
> jlitteral5 at roadrunner.com
>
> john.litteral at ashland.kyschools.us
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