[B-Greek] What we can live with

Daniel Buck bucksburg at yahoo.com
Mon Apr 13 18:52:26 EDT 2009


Along the lines of anachronous usage of Greek . . . 
 
It being Eastertide, I was recently watching The Jesus Film for the umpteenth time, paying close attention this round to textual matters and the sign that was nailed to the cross. The Greek title appeared to have been copied directly from a modern GNT--not modern in the sense of the language, but in the orthography used. The Omega in TWN specifically stood out, as I have never seen the horseshoe-shaped Omega used in uncial Greek. 
 
While we are at getting back to the original Koine pronunciation, why not the original orthography as well? I'm very glad that modern GNT's don't use the scribbly ligatures of minuscules, and I suppose all-uncial GNT's would have too many pages, but what's wrong with at least writing out the capital letters--with which the GNT editors love to sprinkle their pages-- as uncials like 'C' and 'W'? It would at least make things less confusing when reading an uncial manuscript, as more and more of them are now coming online. 
 
Daniel Buck


      



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