DIA XRHSTOYAs for your second point, the replacement of iota with an eta is fairly common in the papyri I have come across:
SB XVI 12497.50 (Early III) List of Nominations of Liturgies P.Oxy. XLII 3035.3-5 (28 February A.D. 256) Order of Arrest P.Oxy. XLIII 3119.14, 18 (A.D. 259-260) Official Correspondence P.Oxy XLIII 3149.3-4 (V) Letter P.Laur. II 42 r.2 (U) Letter On this point Tertullian complains non-Christians do not pronounce the name correctly and he reiterates that he is a "Christian" not a "Chrestian." (Tertullian, Nat. 1.3.8-9). See also the discussion in Orsolina Montevecchi, "Nomen Christianum," in Bibbia e Papiri: Luce dai Papiri sulla Bibbia Greca (Barcelona: Institut de Teologia Fonamental, 1999), 155. I hope this has been somewhat helpful. Lincoln Blumell ----- Original Message ----- From: Rauchhaupt, Ulf von To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:15 AM Subject: [PAPY] DIA XRHSTOY This is already in the german media: http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,578055,00.html concerning this I'd have two questions to the experts: 1) is the connection of OGOISTAIS to magic practices or a deity called OGO scholarly sound? 2) the replacement of the iota in XRISTOS by an eta (to XRHSTOS) - is this a commong thing, also found in early christian writings? thanks and regards Ulf von Rauchhaupt Dr. rer. nat. Ulf von Rauchhaupt Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Redaktion Sonntagszeitung - Wissenschaft Mail: 60267 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: The papyrological bulletin '[email protected]' [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Wieland Willker Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. September 2008 13:17 An: [email protected] Betreff: [PAPY] Mysterious DIA CRESTOU inscription Another enigmatic inscription has surfaced: DIA CHRESTOU OGOISTAIS Have a look here: http://tinyurl.com/6amr2e Unfortunately I do not have an image of the back, so I cannot judge the letters OGOISTAIS. I hope I will get one soon. Best wishes Wieland <>< Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH Hellerhofstraße 2-4 · 60327 Frankfurt am Main HRB 7344 . Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bernhardt Geschäftsführung: Tobias Trevisan (Sprecher), Dr. Roland Gerschermann ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
