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Just a free demonstration, while you wait for reality to sink in, that Casey probably knows he's wrong: for a translation to show signs of being a translation, it is features that are repeated that reflect a substratum (or underpinning) of the original language that needs to be demonstrated. For example in Mark the structure ο εστιν (=hoc est in Latin, ="that is") is repeated several times, reflecting a Latin idiom and it is used in conjunction with giving explanations (as one did in Latin. Those explanations include describing a haul as a praetorium and two lepta as one quadrans (a Roman coin not used in the east), so the explanations introduced with a Latin idiom also find Roman explanations. The repetition gives you some understanding of there being a Latin substratum. Casey has nothing equivalent, but there are more repeated examples from Latin. His position simply isn't rational, but Casey is the great white hope. Pop goes the balloon. |
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06-06-2012, 12:59 PM | #272 |
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