Ἰουδαίαν in Acts 2:9: a Diachronic Overview of its Conjectured Emendations

Abstract

The appearance of Ἰουδαίαν in the table of nations (Acts 2:9–11) has troubled interpreters for centuries. Several scholars have proposed to emendate the text. The argumentations for such conjectures vary in elaboration and support. This article gives a diachronic overview of the conjectured emendations. It concludes with an evaluation of the discussion from a phenomenological perspective and a summary of the used argumentation, thereby providing input for a reversed engineering approach to the issue.

Keywords

• table of nations
• palaeographic confusion
• conjectural criticism
• spatial analysis