[B-Greek] Warning Stone Acts 21:28

Bill Barton phos at windstream.net
Fri Mar 21 21:58:58 EDT 2008


"...he has even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place."
Acts 21:28


The winter 2008 edition of Christian History magazine has a picture of one of the warning stones in the temple area.  The inscription reads as follows:

MHQENA ALLOGENH EISPOREUESQAI ENTOS TOU PERI TO IERON TRUFAKTOU KAI PERIBOLOU OS D AN LHFQH EAUTWI AITIOS ESTAI DIA TO EXAKOLOUQEIN QANATON

"No foreigners are to enter within the fence and plaza surrounding the temple.  He who is caught will have himself to blame for his death which will follow."


Liddell and Scott says the earlier of TRUFAKTOS was DRUFAKTOS.

And in the Septuagint I see both MHDEN (e.g. Deut 28:55) and MNQEN (e.g. Gen 19:8).

I'm wondering what would motivate people to make a D -> Q substitution as these two examples illustrate.  Is MHQEN easier to say than MHDEN?


Regards,

Bill Barton

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