Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Barry" <nebarry AT verizon.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arnaud Fournet" <fournet.arnaud AT wanadoo.fr>
To: "James Christian" <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>
Cc: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 5:46 AM
Subject: [b-hebrew] T-SADE



> Maybe this has already been discussed before, but I have some questions 
> about the affricate or non affricate pronunciation of (T)SADE.
>
> Cantineau 1954 discusses a Greek manuscrit called Vaticanus of the 
> Lamentations supposedly dating back to the IVth century AD, which mentions 
> in Greek letters Tau-Sigma-Alpha-D-Eta as name of that letter. He infers 
> from that document that the affricate pronunciation must be old and 
> possibly the original one.
> So I have a handful of questions about the presumed authenticity of that 
> manuscrit, its dating and its relevance for TSADE or SADE, possible 
> alterations or any reason to conclude in this or that direction, or not to 
> conclude at all, or to prefer some other better reference for that issue. 
> What should exactly be thought about that issue?

With my good friend Mr. Google I found:

http://tinyurl.com/25zrhnm

and:

http://tinyurl.com/2ajft7x

You are referring to Codex Vaticanus:

http://www.bible-researcher.com/codex-b.html

Practically any textbook on text criticism will give you more information, 
Metzger, Aland, et al.

N.E. Barry Hofstetter
Classics and Bible Instructor, TAA
http://www.theamericanacademy.net
(2010 Savatori Excellence in Education Winner)
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