From: Jeffrey Gibson (jgibson@acfsysv.roosevelt.edu)
Date: Mon Dec 08 1997 - 16:48:59 EST
On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, George Athas wrote:
> I realise this is getting beyond the topic of B-Greek, but it will shine
> a little light on the Hebrew or Aramaic oath formula that seems to be
> preserved in the Greek of Mark 8:12. While the person said the oath
> formula, they may well have gestured something with their hands, such as
> a slitting of the neck. This would account for the fact that the oath
> appears so strange to us just reading it. The visual action of the oath
> was probably just as important as the words.
>
It is unclear from your message whether or not your suggestion is
speculation on your part. Do you have any kind of evidence from sources
contemporaneous with Mark which indicate that that the oath was indeed
accompanied by a gesture?
Jeffrey Gibson
jgibson@acfsysv.roosevelt.edu
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