tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post7852043262060986626..comments2023-05-29T08:05:12.368-07:00Comments on Eutychus: Greek QuotesEutychushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071386254682518917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-77847330559652231962009-10-08T14:00:45.830-07:002009-10-08T14:00:45.830-07:00Thanks, Anumma. I'll add that one to my file a...Thanks, Anumma. I'll add that one to my file and post on it soon.Eutychushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04071386254682518917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-9387847149645319522009-10-05T14:51:52.437-07:002009-10-05T14:51:52.437-07:00There's a great quote by H.H. Rowley at this l...There's a great quote by H.H. Rowley at this link, comparing preachers who lack biblical languages to a hypothetical "expert" on French literature who can't read French:<br />http://teampyro.blogspot.com/2006/04/search-ended-quotation-found-pastors.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-68529918658624761622009-09-30T23:17:42.436-07:002009-09-30T23:17:42.436-07:00Thanks, Fred! I didn't remember reading that i...Thanks, Fred! I didn't remember reading that in Metzger, but it sounds like the sort of fascinating detail that he always included. <br /><br />I did some more research on that phrase, and this blog post(http://abecedaria.blogspot.com/2005/07/non-legitur.html, citing an Italian book, Non Legitur) says that it became a common practice among medieval scribes to substitute in the phrase "Eutychushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04071386254682518917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-75498383307664287162009-09-30T17:39:06.562-07:002009-09-30T17:39:06.562-07:00Many years ago, perhaps in one of Metzger's bo...Many years ago, perhaps in one of Metzger's books, he quoted a marginal note in a MS, obviously penned by a less-than-brilliant Greek scribe: "Graecum est non legitur" ("Greek is unreadable").Fred Putnamhttp://www.fredputnam.orgnoreply@blogger.com