[B-Greek] Rev 1:10
Ken Penner
kpenner at stfx.ca
Thu Jun 24 19:33:21 EDT 2010
You may or may not consider it relevant that the Modern Greek word for Sunday is KURIAKH, and that this usage is very old; it goes at least as far back as Ignatius (as George pointed out).
The BDAG entry here is not to be dismissed lightly. Check the references it provides to the primary and secondary sources.
Primary:
κ. ἡμέρα the Lord’s day (Kephal. I 192, 1; 193, 31; ὁ μὲν τέλειος … ἀεὶ ἄγει κ. ἡμέρας Orig, C. Cels. 8, 22, 6) i.e. certainly Sunday (so in Mod. Gk., and cp. POxy 3407 [IV A.D.]) Rv 1:10 (WStott, NTS 12, ’65, 70–75). For this κυριακὴ κυρίου D 14:1. Without κυρίου (Kephal. I 194, 9; 195, 6; Did., Gen. 190, 2) GPt 9:35; 12:50. τῷ σαββάτῳ ἐπερχομένης τῆς κ. AcPl Ha 3, 9. κατὰ κυριακὴν ζῆν observe the Lord’s day (opp. σαββατίζειν) IMg 9:1 (on the omission of ἡμέρα cp. Jer 52:12 δεκάτῃ τοῦ μηνός and s. ἀγοραῖος 2).
Secondary:
SMcCasland, The Origin of the Lord’s Day: JBL 49, 1930, 65–82; JBoehmer, D. christl. Sonntag nach Urspr. u. Gesch. ’31; PCotton, From Sabbath to Sunday ’33; WRordorf, Der Sonntag … im ältesten Christentum ’62 (Eng. tr. AGraham ’68); HRiesenfeld, Sabbat et Jour du Seigneur: TWManson memorial vol. ’59, 210–17.
Ken M. Penner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
St. Francis Xavier University
Antigonish, NS Canada
kpenner at stfx.ca
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From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Gene Baker
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 11:34 PM
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Subject: [B-Greek] Rev 1:10
I am having a discussion with another person about the meaning of THi
KURIAKHi hHMERAi in Rev. 1:10. He is taking that phrase as equivalent to
THi hHMERAi TOU KURIOU. BAG says that the phrase refers to the Lord's Day,
that is the first day of the week. My discussion partner say simply that
BAG has it wrong. Does anyone know if THi KURIAKHi hHMERAi is used as the
equivalent of THi hHMERAi TOU KURIOU? If BAG has it wrong, so do Alford and
Moffatt.
TIA
Gene Baker
Sterling, IL
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