[B-Greek] PSALMOS TWi DAUID
Alex Poulos
apviper at gmail.com
Wed May 4 16:11:17 EDT 2011
Most of time, τω Δαυιδ is used. του Δαυιδ is used occasionally (LXX Ps
25-27 for instance), but not terribly often.
Alex Poulos
Senior - Computer Science
NC State University
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Jason Hare <jason at thehebrewcafe.com> wrote:
> Al,
>
> The Hebrew לְדָוִד [L:DfWiD] is ambiguous as it is, meaning that a
> Psalm with this attribution could be either "by David" or "for/to
> David."
>
> Does the LXX translate this title in different ways, at times as TOU
> DAUID (τοῦ Δαυίδ) and at times as TWi DAUID (τῷ Δαυίδ)? Meaning, not
> within a given context but only as part of the title of a Psalm?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason Hare
> Rehovot, Israel
> ________________________________________
> יהיו לרצון אמרי פי והגיון לבי לפניך, ה' צורי וגואלי
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Albert Pietersma
> <albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > When ancient evidence explains that TOU DAUID means "by David" and TW
> > DAUID "having to do with Dauid," it would seem rather farfetched to
> > have recourse to Homer, the more so in light of the translation mode
> > of the Greek Psalter. Furthermore, it is simply not true that Psalter
> > Greek can almost always be explained as "traditional Greek." Sorry,
> > Mark, but this is so well known that it scarcely needs demonstration.
> > Al
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