Tuesday, June 4, 2019

The Greek text of Daniel 7:14 in Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho using λατρευω



And royal authority was given to him [the Son of Man], and all the nations of the earth according to posterity, and all honor was serving him. And his authority is an everlasting authority, which shall never be removed-- and his kingship, which will never perish. (Dan 7:14 NETS)

In Greek texts of Dan 7:14, there are differences in how the Aramaic פּלח is translated. The verb was translated λατρεύουσα, from λατρευω, while Aquila translated the Aramaic verb as δουλεύσουσιν, from δουλευω. Interestingly, however, Justin Martyr, in chapter 31 of his Dialogue with Trypho, when quoting Daniel 7:14, uses λατρεύουσα:




(taken from S. Justini philosophi et martyris, cum Trypnone Judaeo dialogus. Edited with a corrected text and English introd. and notes by W. Trollope, p. 65)