. Light from the ancient East; the New Testament illustrated by recently discovered texts of the Graeco-Roman world. ears later than St. Paul from Christianity andintroduced it into his own vocabulary of constitutionallaw. It is much more likely to be the case thatthe presumably older Hellenistic (perhaps Egjrpto-Hellenistic) ^ word Kupta/fos was in use as a technical The best edition so far is that of Dittenberger, Ori^ntii Oraeoi Iiaervp-tiows Seleetae, No. 669; all further literature ibid. The photograph of thisimportant inscription is due to Professor Moritz, of Cairo. A diapositive ofthis
. Light from the ancient East; the New Testament illustrated by recently discovered texts of the Graeco-Roman world. ears later than St. Paul from Christianity andintroduced it into his own vocabulary of constitutionallaw. It is much more likely to be the case thatthe presumably older Hellenistic (perhaps Egjrpto-Hellenistic) ^ word Kupta/fos was in use as a technical The best edition so far is that of Dittenberger, Ori^ntii Oraeoi Iiaervp-tiows Seleetae, No. 669; all further literature ibid. The photograph of thisimportant inscription is due to Professor Moritz, of Cairo. A diapositive ofthis (lines 1-46), which I received from Baron P. W. von Bissing throughWilckens kind mediation, has been used for Fig. 55. The gigantic inscriptioncan here only be given in a greatly reduced form; but with a raagnifying^^lass even inexperienced pereons can probably check the text roughly tosome extent. ToXt KvpMKois ^^0ois; cf. WUcken, Arohiv fiir Papyrusforschung, 4, p. 240. ^ rdr KvpiaKbv Xir/ott. Cf. p. 72 f. above. ° Cf. the Egypto-Hellenistic use of the substantive kiJ/jjoj in sacral lan-^nage, p. 356 o o OQ O in ILLUSTRATED FROM THE NEW TEXTS 363 expression of constitutional law before St. Paul,though it happens not to be discoverable in con-stitutional use until after St. Paul had introducedit into the language of Christian worship. In line 3 of the same inscription the Strategusof the Great Oasis, Julius Demetrius, who had topublish the Praefects edict, distinguishes the dayof publication (1 Phaophi = 28 September, 68 )by a name which must also be noted in this con-nexion, viz. Julia Sehaste} This name for a day,shortened to Sebaste, occurs very frequently in theImperial period, both in Egypt and in Asia was first made known to us by the new texts,and although the problems it raises are not allsolved yet, it may be said with certainty that itmeans something like Emperors Day ; that is tosay, a certain day ^ of the month received the nameSebaste in hon
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