[B-Greek] attic writers during koine period or post koine
nikolaos kadamou
ntgreekreader at gmail.com
Fri Nov 26 23:59:23 EST 2010
Thank you Mark.
It seems to me that the Language of the Gospel and the entire NT is real and
powerful.
The common dialect, (κοινὴ διάλεκτος), is more powerful than the attic
dialect, and thus more appropriate for Gods word to people.
I do not think it was any reason for the early church to go though such an
effort that in all practical essence it is meaningless.
The task was to transmit the word of God and not to get involved in an
academic exercise.
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Mark Lightman <lightmanmark at yahoo.com>wrote:
> Walt HRWTHSEN:
>
> <Did anyone ever translate the New Testament into a more Atticised form?>
>
> Hi, Walt,
>
> Not that I am aware of, no. But Nonnos of Panopolis, in the 5th Century,
> wrote
> a paraphrase of the Gospel of John in Homeric Greek, the so-called TEV
> (Today's
> Epic Version.) You can find it here:
>
>
>
> http://www.veritatis-societas.org/203_CSHB/0390-0429,_Nonnos,_Metaphrasis_Evangelii_Ioannei__%28CSHB%29,_GR.pdf
>
> Nonnos' peri-language can be used to settle disputes about the Greek text
> without slipping into the danger of starting a dispute about the English.
> For
> example, the meaning of KATALAMBANW in John 1:5b:
>
> John 1:5b Koine:
>
> καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβον. (KAI hH SKOTIA AUTO OU
> KATELABON)
>
> John 1:5b TEV:
>
> καὶ ζόφος οὔ μιν ἔμαρψε. (KAI ZOFOS OU MIN
> EMARYE)
>
> Since it appears no one has rendered the Greek NT into Attic, let me do one
> verse, so that everyone will know what it would look like.
>
> Koine Rev 21:1b:
>
> καὶ ἡ θάλασσα οὐκ ἔστιν ἔτι. (KAI hH QALASSA OUK
> ESTIN
> ETI.)
>
> Rev 21:1b TAV (Today's Attic Version.)
>
> καὶ μὴν ἡ θάλαττα οὐκ ἔστιν ἔτι. (KAI MHN hH QALATTA OUK
> ESTIN ETI.)
>
> You say tomato and I say tomahto, thalassa, thalatta, gignosko, ginosko,
> let's
> call the whole thing off.
>
> Mark L
> Φωσφορος
>
>
> FWSFOROS MARKOS
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: walt seevers <lws39 at juno.com>
> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Sun, November 21, 2010 8:09:27 PM
> Subject: [B-Greek] attic writers during koine period or post koine
>
> I was wondering also if there were any Christian writers that "atticised."
> Did
> anyone ever translate the New Testament into a more Atticised form?
> Thanks.
> Walt Seevers
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