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Hi, Caroline.
I can at least try. "Xristos" in Greek means "the anointed one." There
is a fulsome discussion of the whole issue -- not requiring an under-
standing of either Greek or Hebrew, although both are used in the article
-- in
THEOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, vol. IX, pp.493-580.
The whole article is worth at least a skim, but for what you're doing,
sections B. (pp. 496-509), D., and E. (pp.527-580) seem to me to be most
applicable. They provide a thorough examination of the linguistic
considerations involved. And don't let the NEW TESTAMENT part be
off-putting; section B. spends a lot of ink looking at the Psalms.
The TDNT is a pretty standard work and should be kicking around your
reference library somewhere.
I hope this helps. Your project sounds fascinating.
Good Luck!
Frank
On Sat, 18 May 2002, c-esser wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Dear list-members,
>
> I am currently working on the Paris Psalter and have noticed that Christ
> appears within the psalms on a more or less regular basis. . . .
> . . . in some cases of literal translation, Christ is used to translate
> what the KJV has as 'anointed'. I have cross-checked with the Vulgate which
> also equates the anointed with Christ.
>
> Can any of you shed some light on how and why this switch was made?
>
>
> Carolin Esser
>
Frank Morgret
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