[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,
> 
> 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).
> 
> 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.
> 
> Bill Yates
> 
> 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???)
>> 
>> How are you parsing KENWTHENTI ? Your translation (who spilled blood) looks
>> like an Active voice.
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> Looks like a dedication:
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>> [Dedicated] to Theoretus who spilled [literally "emptied out] blook for
>> [the] Lord [Christ]
>> 
>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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:
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> Many thanks for any help you may be able to give.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Bill Yates
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