Christian Texts and History • the tertiary group of nomina sacra

There is a division of the nomina sacra into three groups, (and a few rare leftovers) where the third group is the latest or least likely.

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Pre-Constantinian nomina sacra in a Mosaic and Church Graffiti (2009)
James R. Wicker
https://swbts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/52.1_Wicker.pdf
p.54

Roberts gave a helpful classification of the fifteen nomina sacra that Traube identified:

(1) the four consistent and earliest words used as nomina sacra: Ἰησοῦς (“Jesus”), Χριστός (“Christ”), κύριος (“lord”), and θεός (“God”),

(2) the three words found as nomina sacra fairly early and relatively consistently:πνεῦμα(“spirit”),ἂνθρωπος(“man”),andσταυρός(“cross”), and

(3) eight words used irregularly as nomina sacra: πατήρ (“father”), υἱός (“son”), σωτήρ (“savior”), μήτηρ (“mother”), οὐρανός (“heaven”), Ἰσραήλ (“Israel”), Δαυείδ (“David”), and Ἱερουσαλήμ (“Jerusalem”).12

12 … Hurtado mentions a few other nomina sacra, but they are rare, such as Μιχαήλ (“Michael”), Νῶε (“Noah”), Σάρρα (“Sarah”), and Ἀβραάμ (“Abraham”). Hurtado, “The Origin,” 656.

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A major question is when the teriary entries first appear, other than in the misdated Sinaiticus.
Similarly, do they become more common in the medieval era?

David and Jerusalem would be good test cases, they are definitely in Sinaiticus.

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Wikipedia on nomina sacra

ΔΑΔ (Δαυιδ / David)
ΙΛΗΜ (Ιερουσαλημ / Jerusalem)

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It would be good to cross-ref the Sinaiticus nomina sacra with the list above.
That may be in Jongkind.

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Wicker
“ It is cut on the raised right forearm of David as he is using his sling in the fresco scene. It reads ΔΑΟΥΙΔ (“David,” spelled Δαουίδ, which was a common spelling along with Δαουείδ or Δαβίδ).94

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Throughout the NT, δαδ "David" is a nomina sacra, but never Moses, Abraham, Jacob, Isaiah, et al.

Additional forum refs to be added.

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Nomina Sacra in Robinson-Pierpont 2005*
ΔΑΔDavidRev 3:7; 5:5; 22:16
https://grammar.katabiblon.com/?page=nu

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Hurtado (1998)
http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/books/nomin_s.pdf

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Edward D. Andrews
https://christianpublishinghouse.co/202 ... ina-sacra/

These nomina sacra are all found in Greek manuscripts of the 3rd century and earlier, except Mother, which appears in the 4th. – Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts – Philip Comfort and David Barrett (1999) pp.34-35

Nomina sacra also occur in some form in Latin, Coptic, Armenian (indicated by the pativ), Gothic, Old Nubian, and Cyrillic (indicated by the titlo).

Statistics: Posted by Steven Avery — Mon Nov 25, 2024 3:07 am

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