From: Ben Crick (ben.crick@argonet.co.uk)
Date: Fri Jan 19 2001 - 13:20:45 EST
On Thu 18 Jan 2001 (22:03:55 +0100), d.roe@t-online.de wrote:
> What is the reason for this anomaly? I don't know of any change in the
> meaning of EIS AIWNAS AIWNWN due to its unique anarthrous plural form.
> Is there?
Dear David,
See my other post. As I noted there, the Hebrew sometimes has the definite
articles, and sometimes (more often) not. So the LXX has and has not; but
not systematically. IMHO, it has become a set-phrase Doxology. Compare the
Latin "per saecula saeculorum, Amen" formula, often recurring in the Latin
liturgy.
HTH
Ben
-- Revd Ben Crick, BA CF <ben.crick@argonet.co.uk> 232 Canterbury Road, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9TD (UK) http://www.cnetwork.co.uk/crick.htm--- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Mon Feb 11 2002 - 18:40:14 EST