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I am actively looking for any deviation of κύριος being anything other than an abbreviation of the first letter followed by a case ending in the first three centuries of the common era. Thanks for pointing out the KOY variant, what dating is proposed for that text? Bonner's manuscript is dated to c...

I am actively looking for any deviation of κύριος being anything other than an abbreviation of the first letter followed by a case ending in the first three centuries of the common era. Thanks for pointing out the KOY variant, what dating is proposed for that text? Bonner's manuscript is dated to c...

Also, there is this, which Paap also lists.

6: Only κύριος, KY, KC, etc. is consistently abbreviated in the early Christian writings and always as the first letter followed by a case ending. There may be an instance of ΚΟΥ in one manuscript. It would still be the first letter plus the case ending, but it would not be entirely consistent with...

Or maybe by "Jewish" you meant "Hebrew?"

Ok, my stab at it. 1: the name of the Christ is only known as an abbreviation in the early Christian texts. 2: There are no Jewish of Aramaric Christian writings in early Christianity. 3: The original language of the early Christian texts is koine Greek. 4: Petros is not a proper name. #2 and #3 ar...

It has to do with a style of speech. When I write in Russian, even if I make all my sentences grammatically correct, there are still ways that I find myself making expressions that are straight translations of English phrases but still differing from the kind of nuances that a native speaker would ...

(Word Choice) Remained "with" him is a normal English word choice. "Secret Mark" picks the Greek word "syn", lterally meaning "with." But John 1:39 and Mark 16 pick "beside (par) him remained" and "with/after (meta) him having been). Yes, but s...

Ok, my stab at it. 1: the name of the Christ is only known as an abbreviation in the early Christian texts. 2: There are no Jewish of Aramaric Christian writings in early Christianity. 3: The original language of the early Christian texts is koine Greek. 4: Petros is not a proper name. #2 and #3 ar...

#2 is hardly noncontroversial on this forum or in certain critical circles.