[B-Greek] Matthew 16:18 - two questions

Vasile Stancu stancu at mail.dnttm.ro
Sun Jul 20 20:02:21 EDT 2008


Just for the sake of setting another track of research, I know that in later
times the Ottoman Empire was called "The High Gate" (at least it was thus
known in the Romanian countries and it was always regarded as a hostile
neighbour). I also know that the main imperial palace in Istanbul is called
Topkapi, which literally means Cannongate. It seems strange to call a
magnificent palace or a powerful empire by invoking the image or the notion
of a mere gate. It seems to me that in the Ottoman times al least, a gate
was a symbol of figting power or domination. I wonder if such perception
could also have been true in NT times?

Vasile STANCU





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