[B-Greek] RES: IWTA (George F Somsel)

Fridolin Janzen fjanzen at gmx.net
Thu Dec 4 16:27:27 EST 2008


Thank you for your remarks, Frank!

If the reason for His crucifixion, fastened on the top of the cross, was
written in three languages, so Jesus must have spoken them too, I suppose
(and most of the people present). I found this interesting article about the
Bible that Jesus must have used and the subsequent languages involved:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/textcrit/message/1579

My problem with the IWTA and the KERAIA is: how can I transmit the idea
without losing the translation of the original words? Is this just a matter
of personal opinion to state that the IWTA means the Hebrew letter, or did
Jesus actually mean the Greek letter? If Matthew originally was written in
Hebrew, as some affirm, how could the yod have otherwise been translated
into Greek? Why, then, did the KERAIA maintain its original Hebrew aspect
and the IWTA not?
Is this maybe an idiom found somewhere else in Greek literature?


Fridolin Janzen
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De: Frank Boumphrey [mailto:boumphreyfr at mainspringtech.com] 
Enviada em: terça-feira, 2 de dezembro de 2008 21:24
Para: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Cc: nikolaos.adamou at hotmail.com; gfsomsel at yahoo.com; fjanzen at gmx.net;
frank at mainspringtech.com
Assunto: Re: IWTA (George F Somsel)

Koine Greek was a Lingua Franca spoken over the whole Mediterreanen.

 A parallel existed in the 50's, and may exist today, in East Africa, in
Swahili. Various dialects of Swahili were spoken by almost every one in East
Africa; many in the Congo (Zaire); Southern Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia and
also in many of the sea ports around the Indian ocean. Unlike Greek though
it was the mother tongue of a very small minority. Even in country areas,
where there was little contact with urban life, most adult males (and some
females) spoke Swahili. Jesus was a carpenter, and thus an artisan who had
trade contacts with many. I think it highly likely that he spoke Greek.

Frank



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