[gothic-l] Re: The first letter of apostle John and other parts translated

[Dicentis a roellingua@gmail.com [gothic-l]]

By the way, we can't even use the Greek Bible which Wulfila used, it's just
reconstructed but we don't even have it.

2014-12-19 12:12 GMT+01:00 capsicum.acre at gmail.com [gothic-l] <
gothic-l at yahoogroups.com>:
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> I was thinking about translating it from Greek, but I am not good at Greek
> yet. The source of the Gothic translation could not be identified. I think
> I would use Novum Testamentum Graece. It would take much too long though. A
> Greek style of Gothic could be considered biblical.
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> Just out of interest, wouldn't it be most "proper" to base the
> translation on the same sources that Wulfila probably used? Is there a
> dictionary of correspondences of Wulfilan gothic words to (as I assume)
> hellenistic greek words?
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> Not to say that this would be even possible, just as a thought
> experiment ;)
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> Greetings,
> Peter
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