„Bevor der Hahn zweimal krähen wird ...“
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Thomas J. Kraus
Abstract
Although I have repeatedly published about the so-called Fayum Fragment (P.Vindob.G) 2325 - a fragment of a potential, non-canonical gospel, I have previously only briefly touched on the two lexemes ἀ λεκτρυών and κοκκύζω used for the cock’s crow. In the present study, I will offer a more detailed presentation of their usage and provide a more thorough analysis of the question, which expressions for the cock and its crow were common in Greek in various areas and situations. The result comes as a surprise: it is not the usage in the text of the Fayum Fragment that is striking and peculiar in comparison with the rest of Greek literature, but rather the fact that the canonical gospels consistently use ἀ λέκτωρ with φωνέω. Furthermore, the term hapax legomenon for ἀ λεκτρυών and κοκκύζω is a dubious and problematic attribute because it suggests a certain particularity, which, if at all valid, is limited at best.
© 2014 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston
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- Titelei
- Zur Biographie des Bischofs Fortunatian von Aquileia
- More Sahidic Fragments from the Life of Shenoute Attributed to Besa
- „Bevor der Hahn zweimal krähen wird ...“
- Justin’s Debate with Crescens the Stoic
- Die Anfänge des Melitianischen Schismas
- Asceticism and syneisaktism in Asterius’ Liber ad Renatum monachum
- “Defining Sacred Boundaries”
- Recruitment and conflict in sixth-century Antioch: A micro-study of Select Letters 6,1,5 of Severus of Antioch
- Rezensionen
- Kurzanzeigen
- Stellenregister für Band 17/Index for Volume 17
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Titelei
- Zur Biographie des Bischofs Fortunatian von Aquileia
- More Sahidic Fragments from the Life of Shenoute Attributed to Besa
- „Bevor der Hahn zweimal krähen wird ...“
- Justin’s Debate with Crescens the Stoic
- Die Anfänge des Melitianischen Schismas
- Asceticism and syneisaktism in Asterius’ Liber ad Renatum monachum
- “Defining Sacred Boundaries”
- Recruitment and conflict in sixth-century Antioch: A micro-study of Select Letters 6,1,5 of Severus of Antioch
- Rezensionen
- Kurzanzeigen
- Stellenregister für Band 17/Index for Volume 17
