254 BEV. W. ST. CLAIR TISDALL, D.D., ON THE BOOK OF DANIEL: 



College, Gower Street, London : " The question about Greek words 

 in Daniel hardly needs any notice in your paper. The intercourse 

 of Jew and Greek must have been incessant at the frontier garrison 

 Tahpanhes from 660 B.C. onward. The refugees of Johanan's 

 party (who left behind the name of ' The palace of the Jew's 

 daughter ') were preceded doubtless by others flying from the sieges 

 and invasions of Jerusalem in 607, 603 and 599, as well as in 588 B.C. 

 As I wrote (thirty-three years ago) : ' Numbers of the upper and more 

 cultivated classes were continually thrown into the company of 

 Greeks ; all who could afford to flee, had to become more or less 

 acquainted with Greek language and ideas,' there was ' a continual 

 ebb and flow of alternate dwelling in the Greek settlement and of 

 return to their own land. . . . The bearing of this on the 

 employment of Greek names for musical instruments . . . 

 is too obvious to need mention in detail ' (Tanis II, NehesheJcy 

 and Defenneh, pp. 49, 50 ; 1888). ' For three generations before 

 the end of the monarchy the Greeks must have •been familiar to 

 the more enterprising of the Jews ; and probably many a kaithros, 

 psanteria and sumphonyah . . . had been traded over to 

 Jerusalem to the Greek colony ' {Egypt and Israel, pp. 87, 88 ; 

 1911). You will find the matter in detail in these two books. I 

 congratulate Dr. Tisdall on his paper." 



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The President then said : It is exceedingly regrettable that the 

 author has been unable to attend and comment upon the points 

 raised by those who have kindly joined in the discussion. The 

 Rev. A. H. Finn's remarks were especially interesting, and I am 

 glad to know his opinion concerning the interchange of d and z — 

 as he has lived in the nearer East, he can naturally speak with 

 authority on this point. The change between d (dh) and z is common 

 in the Semitic languages — it is the distinguishing mark between the 

 Aramaic and the Hebrew branches. 



With regard to the other points touched upon, in the absence of 

 the author, and at this late hour, I think it best to leave them un- 

 answered — we do not know what the author's reply would be if 

 he were here. I will only ask you, therefore, to join in a vote of 

 condolence with him and his family in the illness from which he is 

 suffering. 



