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re: Is hakhal the correspondent substantive to ekklesia in LXX/`EDA

From: yochanan bitan-buth <ButhFam AT compuserve.com>
To: "Daladier Lima" <daladier AT elogica.com.br>
Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: re: Is hakhal the correspondent substantive to ekklesia in LXX/`EDA
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 16:43:25 -0400

Daladier Lima sha'al:
Is qahal the correspondent substantive to ekklesia in LXX?

Yes, but you might want to consider `eda as a background word if you're
comparing ekklhsia with NT. In the LXX sunagwgh was used for `eda, but
after the development of the synagogue institution, sunagwgh would be less
fitting for 'the body of believers'. Thus, if `eda were being used for
'body of believers' ekklhsia may have become a more natural NT equivalent
in the gospels.

bivraxot
Randall buth

re: Is hakhal the correspondent substantive to ekklesia in LXX/`EDA, yochanan bitan-buth, 07/23/2000