[B-Greek] A question to Dr. Buth and his school's teaching methodology (And How to say Hello / Goodebye)

Randall Buth randallbuth at gmail.com
Wed Apr 1 08:21:55 EDT 2009


> It seems  Dr. Buths comments to Kyle confirm my original thoughts -
> is ERROSO a modern Greek term brought into Koine?
> I don't recall reading "Errwso" in any Koine or Attic readings used
> in the same way as such.
>
>XAIRE KYLE
>ERRWSAI?
>EI EY EXEIS GNWQI OTI KAGW ERRWMAI
>PWS TI OYN XRH EN PRAGMASI?
>EI QELEIS MAQEIN TA XRWMATA DEI SE EKSERXESQAI
>EKSW THS KAINHS DIAQHKHS.
>WS KSANQON KAI KYANOYN.
>ERRWSO
>IwANHS

... [long snip]

> Does ερρωσο (Randall Buth's sign-off) mean "Goodbye"?
> I always assume it meant something like "take heart".
>

I'm not sure who made the first question but they can be answered together.

ERRWSO is probably the most frequent salutation at the close of Greek
letters.
It means something like 'be well!'
(like German and Yiddish sei gesund)

It is not modern Greek (have I been so poorly communicating all of these
years?).
Certainly this is not the first nor will it be last time
that someone assumes I must be using modern.  But I'm not.

ERRWSO occurs

          in the Greek New Testament

Acts 15:29 and various places in the LXX and apostolic fathers.

I recommend it for first week classes, along with ERRWSQE.
(But please do not attempt to parse it for students! Use it.)


ERRWSQE
IWANHS

-- 
Randall Buth, PhD
www.biblicalulpan.org
randallbuth at gmail.com
Biblical Language Center
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