Article June 11, 1960 Issue

WORDS OF CURRENT INTEREST

[The words in this issue are related to the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly designated to be read in Christian Science churches on June 19, 1960.]

"In the beginning" (Gen.1:1) The Septuagint Version, earliest important rendering of the Old Testament into Greek (about 250 B.C.), here uses the phrase en arche, meaning literally either "in the beginning" or "in" (or "by") "principle"; while the Vulgate (Latin) translation has in principio, which again has the sense of either "beginning" or "principle."

Mazzaroth, Arcturus (Job 38:32)

Maz'a-roth (first a as in add second as in sofa, o as in odd), Ark-tu'rus (a as in arm, first u as in cube, second as in circus). Mazzaroth was sometimes used by the Hebrews to indicate the signs of the Zodiac, while Arcturus is the constellation commonly known as "the Great Bear," "the Great Dipper," or "the Plough."