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Evangellion...again
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It is often suggested that because the Aramaic peshitta contains the greek loan word evangelion it could be or even is a translation from greek.

However I am wondering if "evangelion" was a word that the Romans used as well.

And then there's that certain calendar inscription at Priene, near Ephesus [otherwise dating to 9 BCE]:

"The birthday of the god [that is, the "divine" Augustus] was for the world the beginning of tidings of joy [euangelion] which have been proclaimed for his sake."

Good news, you say? So it seems that someone else besides the early Christians had their own euangelion.


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Does anyone know if this inscription actually contains the word "evangelion"?
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