The life of Adam and Eve in Greek : a critical edition / by Johannes Tromp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tromp, Johannes.

Series:

Pseudepigrapha Veteris Testamenti Graece ; v. 6.

Pseudepigrapha Veteris Testamenti Graece ; v. 6

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Life of Adam and Eve--Criticism, Textual.

Life of Adam and Eve.

Apocryphal books (Old Testament)--Criticism, Textual.

Apocryphal books (Old Testament).

Criticism, Textual.

Physical Description:

viii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

Contents:

Chapter 1 History of Research 3

Chapter 2 The Manuscripts 17

Chapter 3 Grammatical Notes 28

I Phonology and Orthography 29

(i) Punctuation, accents and breathings 29

(ii) Vowels 30

(iii) Elision in hiatus 34

(iv) Single consonants 35

(v) Gemination 38

(vi) Consonant clusters 39

(vii) Consonants in sandhi 41

II Morphology 42

(i) Nouns: phonetics and the cases 42

(ii) The third declension 43

(iii) Gender 44

(iv) Exotic words 45

(v) Adjectives 45

(vi) Numerals 46

(vii) Pronouns 46

(viii) Adverbs 46

(ix) New words and meanings 47

(x) Augment and reduplication 47

(xi) Athematic verbs 49

(xii) Confusions of verb-endings 50

(xiii) Tenses 51

(xiv) Participle 53

III Syntax 53

(i) Article 53

(ii) Congruence 54

(iii) Accusative 55

(iv) Genitive 56

(v) Dative 57

(vi) Prepositions 58

(vii) Pronouns 61

(viii) Middle voice 61

(ix) Historical tenses 62

(x) Subjunctive in main clauses 62

(xi) Imperative 63

(xii) Subordinating conjunctions 63

(xiii) Infinitive 64

(xiv) Participle 64

(xv) Anacolouthons and changes of subject within a sentence 65

Chapter 4 The History of Transmission 67

One Archetype 71

Hyparchetype [alpha]: ds 72

Hyparchetype [beta]: vb kpg qz nijKH heuwxf 75

Hyparchetype [gamma]: atlc rm 93

The Versions 96

The History of Transmission of the Greek Life of Adam and Eve 103

Graphic Representation of the Genealogical Relationships of the Greek Texts and the Versions 106

Chapter 5 List of Conjectural Emendations 108

A Critical Edition of the Life of Adam and Eve in Greek

Editorial Conventions and Abbreviations 115

Concordances of the Manuscripts' Sigla 121

Text and apparatus criticus 122

Appendix 1 Revision of lines 107-124 (14:3-16:2) qz niH he 178

Appendix 2 Addition of 29:7-13 rm (Arm Geo Lat Slav) 180.

Notes:

Includes the Greek text of the Life of Adam and Eve.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-188) and indexes.

Contains:

Life of Adam and Eve. Greek.

ISBN:

9004143173

OCLC:

57209630