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  • From: "Kevin W. Woodruff" <cierpke AT prodigy.net>
  • To: MarianneLuban AT aol.com, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] A Greek Language Question
  • Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 11:06:16 -0700 (PDT)

Mariane:

"Ton" is the definite article. The word for son "uios"
is very often omitted in Greek. Like in Matthew 10:2
where the Grek says literally "James the the of
Zebedee"

Kevin
--- MarianneLuban AT aol.com wrote:

> I hope some people here are more knowledgeable in
> Greek than I am because I
> want to make certain of some passages from the Greek
> text of Josephus. It has
> to do with his reference to a certain "Amenophis", a
> wiseman, universally
> accepted to be a well-documented actual person from
> AE, Amenhotep son of Hapu.
> When Josephus first mentions the wiseman he writes,
> "Amenophis patros de
> Paapios" and then later
> "Amenophis ton Paapios", both translated as
> "Amenophis son of Paapis. I know
> that
> "patros" means "father", but I can't understand the
> presence of "de" in the
> phrase. Also, I think "ton" can mean "the son of"
> but also just plain "of".
> Anybody?
>
> Marianne Luban
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