Ethiopic Didascalia

Platt historical English notes, source page 172

NOTES. dered as synonymous, except when they appear in conjunction together, as in the Title of Section xix. below, for instance. We have already however had one Section (xii.) with the title n1?\^'t' : o''nA'^ : and it appears as though some part of the Title of the present Section had been erro- neously omitted. In Ludolf s Hit, the title which corresponds to this is, De viduis, quce non more viduarum genuinarum vivunt. P. 117.1.3. ^HA: MS. JEOA*: P. 119. 1. 10. ^TVIH :: (Dn">»1-r : ^Vf^ : MS. a)n■i^^■r■H : I have made the slightest correction which the case seemed to admit, by merely leaving out "H : The Greek is, irep) Trai/rtov yap ain^ heKeiv 6<f)et\€i, irep) K\r]ptKZv, Trep) irapdevuv, &c. P. 120. 1. 5. Yltro i^Yl-T : oq'ifoii : HlA"2V : H3S,J£Y1A" : a)?i^o"VH.: *K.fl = fl)^ll-tlh : There seems to be some verb wanting here, to complete the sense after ^V..P^1/V' : and to express the meaning of the Greek ddpavcrro^. I have translated the passage according to the Greek Text, oTrwj- (Teiu/ompenws V lJ-^a^o<Tt^ t^j adpaixTrov cr<}>pa- yTSos ysvYfTat. P. 121. 1. 6. J^^I-YlUA : M.S. ?»,^^lnA : P. 122. L 1. (DAK : MS. fl^A-K : See above, on p. 89. L 14. Ibid. 1. 8. &/,^f,y\ : The Greek has 'Aa-crvpioi. The passage, with either reading, is no where to be found in Scripture. P. 124. 1. 3. OC : llruC ■• MS. O^ : I Yl.<^ : But in a phrase precisely similar, p. 122. 1. 9, the absolute form is used, which indeed the construction clearly requires. Ibid. 1. 7. out^fi-n : (DO"nA:^'l' : See above, on p. 116. 1. 7. Ibid. 1. 8. ?iiTrT"'l7T : appears to be here used adverbially. In the next line we find nJvYr-'tt' : in the same sense. Ibid. 1. 13. "lOHl : A?i"I'nC't'- " liberty to the servants." The corresponding clause in the Greek is, x^°^^ "H? ^ovT^ict. twv dvdpomu>v, " green herb for the service of men," Ps. civ. 14. Ibid, penult. TtrortA" : n3\0Tft : This will not bear, I think, any other sense than " Be like the birds." In the passage of St. Matthew, which is here referred to, (vi. 26.), the Ethiopic Version has l>t<. : YvOVA. ■ ft^^^Jl. ■ "Look upon," or " behold," as in our Version, " the birds of heaven." P. 125. 1.11. ooyrt, : " the seller of strong drink." The Ethiopic translator has taken the Greek /caTD^Xof literally, confining its meaning to one particular trade or occupation. Whether it was intended to be so taken, may be doubted. Perhaps it means rather the " corrupt dealer ;" as Whiston translates it ; not only the adulterator of wine, but he that imitates his practices in any other occupation. P. 126. 1. 7. >»Tn'^T : ooflT<5.'r*^'r : d%6' ■ MS.>kYh^'^ : The feminine termi- nation y^ : may possibly be attributed to alliteration, the following word ending in the same way. but that word, the substantive to which "KYl'JPT : refers, is clearly masculine.