29-03-2019, 08:12 PM
(29-03-2019, 01:39 AM)geoffreycaveney wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.literal translation:
" we-told mythos and-we-tell ethos and in those mythos we-have the sevenths "
freer translation:
" we tell our mythos and we tell our ethos, and in these mythos we have the sabbaths "
Definitions:
Ancient Greek εβδομας :
"A group of seven, especially a week of seven days or a group of seven years."
Latin hebdomas (a borrowing from Ancient Greek) :
"1. the number seven
2. seven days; a week
3. the seventh day"
The interpretation of this line confirms that not only was the Voynich MS script based on Judaeo-Greek, but also the Voynich MS text contains Jewish cultural content as well.
-----
Geoffrey Caveney
This one did not sit right with me upon first impression.
Is there any example of JudaeoGreek, or any language that has ever used sevenths interchangeably with sabbaths?
I tried looking it up and found sevenths are favoured, but in relation to everything from kings to sons to worlds (the first mentioned) lands to years to cycles to months to days, but without mention of a sabbath except in relation to years, However in that sevenths or sevens are favoured, your statement becomes true without issue if you change sabbaths back to sevenths.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Otherwise i could see your conclusion as possibly being projection based, ie you know the sabbath is on the seventh day, which resulted in your final translation, but its Jewish cultural content was intertwined with that translation of sevenths, ie you put it there by translating it in the way you did, but if that was not intended, then it wouldnt be there. I dont think you can use a parameter you used to translate it as proof of further meaning or correlation.
Also, it doesnt seem right that sabbaths would be referred to as being in the mythos, which upon quick check in greek usage means stories of the unreal, ie mythology. one would think the sabbath would not be equated as such to one who holds it as holy. If anything it would be in the ethos, the characteristic spirit of the culture. Unless it is being discussed by someone outside the culture, then i can see it being used as is.
If it was the seventh world, that might fit in more with being in the mythos, ie seventh heaven.

