[B-Greek] Help with an Inscription
Bill Yates
bill.yates4 at btinternet.com
Sat Mar 13 06:44:58 EST 2010
A further apology, Yancy, for my typo in your name. I think I'll now go and lie down in a darkened room!
On 13 Mar 2010, at 11:42, Bill Yates wrote:
> Ynacy,
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> My apologies: I've tried emailing two photos of the altar which bears the inscription but have clearly failed to succeed! (twice! using two different email accounts).
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> The altar is in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It is on the site which tradition holds is Golgotha. The altar is above a hole in the rock in which, allegedly, the Cross was placed when it was erected. The shrine is looked after by the Greek Orthodox Church.
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> Bill Yates
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> On 12 Mar 2010, at 19:24, Yancy Smith wrote:
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>> You are quite right, I should have written
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>> [Dedicated] to Theoretus on the occasion of shedding blood for the Lord
>> (Christ).
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>> BTW, I haven't been able to find the inscription. What is the link with the
>> photo?
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>> Yancy Smith
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>> Yancy W. Smith, PhD
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>> World Bible Translation Center
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>> 4028 Daley Ave., Suite 201
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>> Fort Worth, TX 76180
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>> p 817-595-1664
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>> f 817580-7013
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>> <mailto:brian at wbtc.org> yancy at wbtc.org
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>> Be kinder than necessary for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of
>> battle.
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>> From: Eddie Mishoe [mailto:edmishoe at yahoo.com]
>> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 1:07 PM
>> To: B Greek; yancywsmith at sbcglobal.net
>> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Help with an Inscription
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>> Yancy,
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>> QEORRYTW aIMATI KENWTHENTI DESPOTH (XRIS???)
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>> How are you parsing KENWTHENTI ? Your translation (who spilled blood) looks
>> like an Active voice.
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>> Eddie Mishoe
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>> --- On Fri, 3/12/10, yancywsmith at sbcglobal.net <yancywsmith at sbcglobal.net>
>> wrote:
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>> From: yancywsmith at sbcglobal.net <yancywsmith at sbcglobal.net>
>> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Help with an Inscription
>> To: "B Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 12:32 PM
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>> Looks like a dedication:
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>> [Dedicated] to Theoretus who spilled [literally "emptied out] blook for
>> [the] Lord [Christ]
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>> Yancy Smith, PhD
>> yancywsmith at sbcglobal.net
>> Y.W.Smith at tcu.edu
>> yancy at wbtc.com
>> 5636 Wedgworth Road
>> Fort Worth, TX 76133
>> 817-361-7565
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>> On Mar 12, 2010, at 10:43 AM, Bill Yates wrote:
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>>> First, my apologies if the question is inappropriate for this forum.
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>>> I should be very grateful for help with an inscription. I'm not sure
>> if this is NT Greek but is found inside the Holy Sepulchre Church in
>> Jerusalem on the altar at the site of Golgotha:
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>>> QEORRYTW aIMATI KENWTHENTI DESPOTH (XRIS???) The final word is partially
>> obscured in the photograph.
>>>
>>> The lower case 'a' in the second letter is because the letter in the
>> inscription is one I don't recognize: it is like a reverse, lower case 'h'
>> with a sloping line running from the vertical stroke across to the smaller
>> leg at the bottom of the letter. Another way to describe it would be a
>> reverse lower case 'k' in cursive writing.
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>>> Many thanks for any help you may be able to give.
>>>
>>>
>>> Bill Yates
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