Re: "Jerusalems" of John 1:19

From: Jonathan Robie (jonathan@texcel.no)
Date: Tue Mar 03 1998 - 09:40:30 EST


At 09:05 AM 3/3/98 -0500, Kevin W. Woodruff wrote:
>William:
>
>My guess is that it a Greek version of the _qere perpetuum_ of the Hebrew
>dual _yerushalaim_, which according to Hebrew tradition was designed to
>express the twofoldness of the city as the upper and lower city or that on
>the east hill and on the west.
 
Were any other cities plural in Hebrew?

Jonathan
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