[B-Greek] PSALMOS TWi DAUID

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Wed May 4 18:43:07 EDT 2011


I find only 5 instances where τοῦ Δαυιδ TOU DAUID appears in the Psalms.  

16.1  Προσευχὴ τοῦ Δαυιδ PROSEUXH TOU DAUID
25.1  Τοῦ Δαυιδ TOU DAUID 
26.1  Τοῦ Δαυιδ, πρὸ τοῦ χρισθῆναι TOU DAUID, PRO TOU XRISQHNAI 
27.1  Τοῦ Δαυιδ TOU DAUID.
131.1 Μνησθητι, κυριε, τοῦ Δαυιδ MNHSQHTI, KURIE, TOU DAUID 

As you can see, some of these have a context which would make the use of the 
genitive comprehensible, but some do not.

 george
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From: Jason Hare <jason at thehebrewcafe.com>
To: Albert Pietersma <albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca>
Cc: B-Greek List <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wed, May 4, 2011 1:01:59 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] PSALMOS TWi DAUID

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
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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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