tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post116559700832567825..comments2024-03-28T00:45:18.442+00:00Comments on Evangelical Textual Criticism: Avoiding blasphemy in SyriacP.J. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04388225485348300613noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-1166791014571191562006-12-22T12:36:00.000+00:002006-12-22T12:36:00.000+00:00Of course. There is a natural tendency to try not ...Of course. There is a natural tendency to try not to let a divine name appear for other purposes. Thus you can't have the sequence of letters GOD on a British car number plate, you can use <I>yodh he</I> as a Hebrew number 15 and you can't use <I>mry'</I> in Syriac as a proper name of an ordinary person.P.J. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04388225485348300613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-1165786477497860192006-12-10T21:34:00.000+00:002006-12-10T21:34:00.000+00:00The phrase 'avoiding blasphemy' was only for the p...The phrase 'avoiding blasphemy' was only for the purpose of a catchy title. I think that there are obvious reasons why a language using a consonantal script and which has assigned the consonants <I>mry'</I> to a divine title should not wish to use these consonants again for a human female proper name.P.J. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04388225485348300613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-1165775264603249182006-12-10T18:27:00.000+00:002006-12-10T18:27:00.000+00:00I figured it was a typo... but I couldn't figure o...I figured it was a typo... but I couldn't figure out what passage it was supposed to be. I should have read a little farther down. :-) <BR/><BR/>Is there any other evidence for a tendency to avoid blasphemy in this way? -JqAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-1165702155337494322006-12-09T22:09:00.000+00:002006-12-09T22:09:00.000+00:00Good point. With the typo 2:12 for 2:19 my comment...Good point. With the typo 2:12 for 2:19 my comment makes no sense.P.J. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04388225485348300613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-1165699234665651422006-12-09T21:20:00.000+00:002006-12-09T21:20:00.000+00:00I find it even stranger that I can't find mariam i...I find it even stranger that I can't find mariam in Luke 2:12. -Jq<BR/><BR/>Brikh MarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com