Re: squirrels in the attic update

From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 20 1995 - 13:36:51 EST


At 12:24 PM 12/20/95, James D. Ernest wrote:
>On Wed, 20 Dec 1995, Mark O'Brien wrote:
>
>>
>> Only one question remains... what *is* the Greek word for "squirrel"?
>>
>Not so fast! This was a Reader Response anecdote: the reader
>must either look it up or overcome the inevitable compulsive
>urge to do so. And don't bother looking in the Bible; you'll
>have to do your squirrel-hunting in the Attic. (Or, if you wimp
>out, just try your Merriam-Webster s.v. squirrel).

For goodness' sake, James, we have to have the ATTIC word for it? Won't a
KOINE' word suffice (if we can find one)?

Carl W. Conrad
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