[B-Greek] Abraham's Epitaph
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Wed Nov 11 12:33:02 EST 2009
On Nov 11, 2009, at 10:43 AM, James Ernest wrote:
> Good point. Cf. the TLG authors that pop up in a search for >AGI >ABR:
> Epiphanius, Didymus Caecus, Amphilochius, Theodorus Studites, Olympiodorus
> Diaconus, Cyrillus Theol., Julianus Scr. Eccl., Concilia Oecumenica. I.e.,
> fourth century and later. The structure is earlier, but the inscription
> makes most sense post-Constantine.
That also makes more sense with reference to BOHQEIN construed with an accusative object.
CWC
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Kevin P. Edgecomb <kevin at bombaxo.com>wrote:
>
>> Dear Donald,
>>
>> I think actually that this inscription would be better dated to the
>> Byzantine period, when the Machpelah complex was a church. As may not
>> be well known, in the Eastern Orthodox Church all the Patriarch,
>> Matriarchs, and Prophets are considered Saints, and are titled as such
>> in votive inscriptions, icons, etc. The usage "Agie Abraama", "O
>> Saint Abraam", is an example of this. As the inscription is identical
>> to those found in other Byzantine period churches (see, for instance
>> various of the illustrations in Yoram Tsafrir, _Ancient Churches
>> Revealed_ [Biblical Archaeology Society, 1993]), it most likely dates
>> to the Byzantine Period rather than the Second Temple period.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Kevin P. Edgecomb
>> Berkeley, California
>>
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