Talk:Abyss (religion)
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[edit] Not Sumerian
The word abyss is Greek as correctly stated in the article. However, the origin is not Sumerian, it is Greek. The etymology is Greek as correctly analyzed. I am afraid the person who wrote the article has the wrong references: Jewish Encyclopaedia!!! Why not try a Greek or American encyclopedia? You are dealng with a Greek word, not Jewish. I suggest you open any serious Greek Lexicon of ancient language, a language which has survived in the form of modern Greek and not a dead language like sumerian. I suggest you open any non-Greek publications of encyclopaedia or Lexicon to view one of the million words of ancient Greek and not the poor sumerian language. Every reference you can find on abyss (unlike Jewish Encyclopedia) states the Greek origin and etymology of the word. Please dont try to create a false link of greek words with the east. Nothing was known of sumerian history 100 years ago. Then the last 100 years american historians have created a whole sumerian civilization out of nothing. You use the words 'may have arisen'. This means you are speculating and you are not sure and certainly you cannot prove it. So I suggest you remove the note on sumerian origin. I really dont think the sumerian needed a word for 'deep waters' because they were not sea people or very close to the sea, except from rivers. On the other hand the Greeks were sea-farers having colonized the whole of mediterranean.
All the following on-line lexicons and encuyclopedias have NO reference to any Sumerian origin. They only state a Greek origin:
1) New Testament Greek Lexicon http://www.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=12
2)Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/abyss
3)Dictionary: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/abyss
4)Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075d.htm
5)Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology http://www.studylight.org/dic/bed/view.cgi?number=T9
6)http://www.answers.com/topic/abyss
7)Dictionary http://student.britannica.com/mwu/popup?book=Collegiate&va=abyss
8)A Theological Dictionary http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OLOsngr2pNkC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=greek+abyss+dictionary&source=web&ots=yrRA1ie-z9&sig=0c37hXmWXNnC7XUaCefD6bJT0aw&hl=en#PPA6,M1
9)Dictionary: http://www.allwords.com/word-abyss.html
10)Bible Encyclopedia http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/A/ABYSS/
Kassos (talk) 03:11, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
