[B-Greek] commas and periods in the original text

Tom Moore tom at katabiblon.com
Mon Mar 9 18:03:51 EDT 2009


The Reading the Papyri site at the University of Michigan has a good example, a copy of the letter to the Hebrews, of what the original texts would have looked like:

"P46 contains a single accent, about a dozen rough breathings, and a half-dozen apostrophes. The most common mark is the diaresis, which occurs several hundred times.... Even more so than the lack of diacritic marks, modern readers will notice the lack of punctuation and spacing between words."

http://www.lib.umich.edu/pap/exhibits/reading/Paul/features.html

Regards,
Tom Moore
http://www.katabiblon.com

>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: JMonte2000 at aol.com
>  Subject: [B-Greek] commas and periods in the original text
>  Sent: Mar 09 '09 18:51
>  
>  Greetings all
>  Were commas and periods and things like this in the original Greek  text from
>  the bible or added as time went on? I was told in my second year  class, that
>  they were added. For those who believe in the infallibility of  the original
>  text, are the commas and periods infallible? I'd think if they  weren't in the
>  original's you'd say no. I'm asking because we are studying Eph  Ch 1 and
>  particularly, Ch 1:3 -14 and I have heard from many, that this is  the longest
>  sentence in the Greek text, true?  
>  
>  Jim Montesano



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