[B-Greek] Barabbas, son of a father
George F Somsel
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Sat Mar 21 14:41:00 EDT 2009
I'm not sure what the source of your etymology might be, but you should be aware that there is a thing called the "etymological fallacy. I wouldn't go building any sand castles on that.
Βαραββᾶς, ᾶ, ὁBARABBAS (בַּר אַבָּאB.aR )B.f)) a common (e.g.SEGVII, 489, 1) name, Barabbas= ‘son of Abba’ (Billerb, I 1031).
①the prisoner released by Pilate Mt 27:16f,20f,26; Mk 15:7,11,15; Lk 23:18; J 18:40.In GHb(339, 50f), acc. toJerome, the name was rendered in Lat.filius magistri eorum (=בַר רַבָּן). Origen, In Mt Comm. Ser. 121 (ed.EKlosterenann ’33, 255–57) found the name written in full in old mss. as Ἰησοῦς ὁ Β., and this v.l.occurs Mt 27:16f.—WBrandt, Ev. Geschichte 1893, 94ff; JMerkel, ZNW6, 1905, 293ff; LCouchoud and RStahl, Jesus B.: Hibbert Journ. 25, 1927, 26–42; ADeissmann, Mysterium Christi ’31, 32–36; HRigg, Jr., Barabbas: JBL64, ’45, 417–56 (many reff.; against him MHengel, D. Zeloten ’61, 348); JBlinzler, D. Prozess Jesu3’60, 220–35; MMarco, EstBîbl 30, ’71, 137–60; Schürer I 385; 439.
②associate of Paul and Barnabas Ac 15:22D(Β.for Βαρσαββᾶς, q.v.2).—TW.
Arndt, W., Danker, F. W., & Bauer, W. (2000). A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature. (3rd ed.) (166). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Note the rendering of the name according to Jerome. The resh would need to be doubled which is possible since the resh does not accept a dagesh to double -- it is virtually doubled.
george
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From: "ronmacy at juno.com" <ronmacy at juno.com>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 9:48:09 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] Barabbas, son of a father
Greetings,
I was thinking about a pre-Easter sermon and looking at the release of Barabbas by Pilate.
I was wondering about the meaning of Barabbas. One dictionary has the meaning as "son of a father." It struck me that it might suggest one who is illegitimate. I was thinking of the contrast between Barabbas (who's your daddy?) and Jesus (the Christ, the son of David).
Is there any possiblity to this meaning or am I just seeing it through smoke and mirrors?
Thanks,
Ron Macy
Pastor DeKalb (IL) Advent Christian Church
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