tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post113343182448701897..comments2024-03-28T19:21:17.654+00:00Comments on Evangelical Textual Criticism: Christians as Useful People: Textual Criticism and WirkungsgeschichteP.J. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04388225485348300613noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-1134051990258778972005-12-08T14:26:00.000+00:002005-12-08T14:26:00.000+00:00I think that the i=>e is a French thing. lat. pri...I think that the i=>e is a French thing. <BR/><BR/>lat. primus => premiere<BR/><BR/>Can anyone confirm this?<BR/><BR/>What about the riots concerning Chrestus that got the Jews thrown out of Rome by Claudius(49/50 CE)? (Suetonius. Claudius)Christian Askelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381441700351009913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-1133611995392912082005-12-03T12:13:00.000+00:002005-12-03T12:13:00.000+00:00As far as I can tell the French word for Christian...As far as I can tell the French word for Christian had the 'e' vowel at least as far back as the twelfth century (when it was spelled 'chrestien' according to <I>Le Petit Robert</I>). Is this just an inner-French development, or is it something that shows wider use of the 'e' vowel in pronouncing this name at an earlier stage? I think that the English insult word 'cretin' from Swiss French is quite late.<BR/><BR/>Of course I recognise that η could be pronounced /i/.P.J. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04388225485348300613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-1133574616960190542005-12-03T01:50:00.000+00:002005-12-03T01:50:00.000+00:00I knew it was a crazy idea, but I was hoping for s...I knew it was a crazy idea, but I was hoping for some comment.Peter M. Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379103292621457026noreply@blogger.com