[B-Greek] PSALMOS TWi DAUID

Albert Pietersma albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Wed May 4 18:29:18 EDT 2011


On May 4, 2011, at 4:11 PM, Alex Poulos wrote:

> Most of time, τω Δαυιδ is used.  του Δαυιδ is used  
> occasionally (LXX Ps
> 25-27 for instance), but not terribly often.
True, as far as Rahlfs is concerned. TOU, however, is secondary.
Al
>
> 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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