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Sycomoream: The Tree in the Text
A compact historical and linguistic project tracing the sycamore fig in Luke 19:4 through Greek, Latin, Erasmus, and later textual traditions.
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The project organizes its material around a botanical subject, a biblical episode, and a Latin grammatical form. It identifies the tree as Ficus sycomorus, explains why “-am” appears in “sycomoream,” and uses the phrase “arborem sycomoream” as a textual example. The homepage also links the wording to Erasmus’s examination of the New Testament against its Greek text, while inviting manuscript notes, historical translations, botanical observations, and corrections by email.
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