Ethiopic Didascalia

Platt historical English notes, source page 167

NOTES. follows : OTTWf Sia tov i^i'evat /^eXriuidcocrt t^v dva(TTpo<f>rjv rov fSlov, cnrovSal^ovTEi Trep) ra^ (Tvvd^etS omavTuv otrrjixipai, km rrj Se^crei aypTiMi^eiv, oWcof kou airroi SvvrjduxTiv e'lcrSexdrjvai, Koi oi 6eo)fjL£vot avTovi KaTavvyucri, koi a.(T(paXiaTepoi yevuivrat, Ev\al3ovfj.evoi to7s ofioioi^ Trepnre<Te7v. P. 78. 1. 7. AV'^Tl' : I'TAYI : "HIMTL : '^'VTv : "Wherefore hast thou slain the sin- ner?" The context seems to require some such word as "received," or "pardoned," instead of " slain." The next clause also is confused and obscure. The Greek Text is plain enough, and stands thus : kuv tis tuv fj.rj crecrcthEvixivutv d$e\(pu>v iTreyKaXEO-Tj trot, on Sri KaTr}hKayri^ avTU), e'nrE irpog airrov 2v navTOTe fxer ifxov eT, koi to. ifia -navra era iariv eiKppavdTjvai Se eSet koi yaprivai, or/ 6 dSe\<f>6s <tov ovto^ veKjoof rjv kou dvei^ufcre, Koi aTroAojAwf KOU evpedrj. Ibid, antepenult. Ofl P t, : ^J^th : MS. Ofl P !t. : ^M* P t, : ^A*''h = I have omitted the middle word ^M'PV. : wliich appears to be a mere error of the transcriber, from alliteration. P. 81. penult. >iYh^:^nA: MS. >»VhP : 2\n A : P. 82. 1. 4. QS't' ■ MS. ^r^ : though in the line above, it has ^¥"V : Ibid. ult. Tnt' ■- ^'flC = What this "honour which becometh a Christian people" is, we are not here told. The Greek Text says, " It is an honour to a Christian, to have no controversy with any man ;" and it goes on to direct, that if by any means a contro- versy should arise between brethren, such things should be settled among themselves, and not exposed before a heathen tribimal, which would give occasion to reproach upon the Church. All tliis is very imperfectly and confusedly expressed in the Ethiopic Version. P. 85. 1. 13. ^^<h^ : '^6.1 ■■ MS. ^R.rhl : '^<5.1 : In this, and one or two similar cases in the two next lines, I have endeavoured to restore the status constructus or abso- lutus, according to the rules of Grammar. The construction of the words HYI*"* : fttf ■ ,PK/V : fl"7"0 : lit'hl : I do not however clearly understand. P. 86. 1. 8. Ull P : MS. Ull^ : I have put this word into the status constructus, that it may correspond with the other adjectives with which it stands in connexion ; though it may very well be questioned whether they ought not all to be in the status absolutus. P. 87. penult A-fl : PTU : MS. AH : P<PU : P. 89. 1. 2. HJin. : "KCV^^rt = IH.^ : The quotation from Jeremiah is here omitted. In the Greek it is, aKovcya^ tov 'lepentov KeyovTos, ot< EKaaros rrjv kukiuv tov Tr?\j](nov avTov fMr) Koyd^eo'dE iv Ta7s KapSiais vfiutv. Ibid. 1.9. *|>^i^^ : MS. 4»K.'^'l* = This seems to be clearly wrong: whether we should write «|»^>^^ : oon/h^^ ; or 4*K,'*l't" : o^Hih^'V - may perhaps be doubted. P. 89. 1. 14. (DAK = MS. (D'A-K = A°*i so again in the next page, line 6. But I have perhaps made these corrections without sufficient grounds. There is much doubt whether (D'tfR ■ may not be a singular form. See the point discussed at length by Ludolf, in his Grammar, Lib. iii. cap. 6. p. 106. u