09-04-2010, 05:15 PM
Shlama akhi,
ah, thanks for the clarification on arrabon. i hadn't checked the LXX on any of the terms, so that would surely be a helpful source to narrow down any potential findings.
thanks for the link!
additionally,
i did a little more searching, going the opposite direction -- looking for Greek in the Hebrew TN"K, and actually came across a few Greek terms scattered around there, most notably in the ARAMAIC of the book of Daniel. now how about that? Greek loan-words appearing in the TN"K, and the majority i could find are in a book written in Aramaic, which just goes to show the influence of the Greek upon that language. the only other one i've been able to locate was in Proverbs, and appears more as a wordplay between the two languages, but is agreed upon as a definite nod to the Greek, so technically, it really doesn't even count if you want to be stringent. so to me, this just makes the point even further to EXPECT Greek loan-words in Aramaic, not to be surprised by them.
Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy
ah, thanks for the clarification on arrabon. i hadn't checked the LXX on any of the terms, so that would surely be a helpful source to narrow down any potential findings.
thanks for the link!
additionally,
i did a little more searching, going the opposite direction -- looking for Greek in the Hebrew TN"K, and actually came across a few Greek terms scattered around there, most notably in the ARAMAIC of the book of Daniel. now how about that? Greek loan-words appearing in the TN"K, and the majority i could find are in a book written in Aramaic, which just goes to show the influence of the Greek upon that language. the only other one i've been able to locate was in Proverbs, and appears more as a wordplay between the two languages, but is agreed upon as a definite nod to the Greek, so technically, it really doesn't even count if you want to be stringent. so to me, this just makes the point even further to EXPECT Greek loan-words in Aramaic, not to be surprised by them.
Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy