The Greek of the book of Revelation is similar to Hebrew, particularly OT apocalyptic literature, Ezekiel and parts of Daniel. Even Hebrew idioms are not translated, but they are more transliterated from Hebrew into Greek. Whether or not this is common to a Greek-speaking, Palestinian Jew, I am not sure. -Garrett Trott On Fri, 20 Oct 2000 17:50:58 -0400 Mike Sangrey writes: > > > n 10/20/00 1:36 PM, Mike Sangrey wrote: > > Could the Greek of Revelation be that way because the intended > > audience was Palestinian Jews? > > Thanks Clayton for your response. > > Let me ask the question differently. > > Is the Greek of Revelation substantially similar to the Greek of a > Palestinian Jew? Do we have a way of knowing? ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu