Gnostic John the Baptizer — Some Typical Extracts · 18 of 24 · tr. G.R.S. Mead
Section 18
p. 71
1 This section is
the most difficult of all to translate owing to the abundance of technical
fishing terms. In spite of marvellous philological industry and wide-flung
enquiries L. has been unable to identify a number of words.
2 Sc . the
faithful.
p. 72
1 Sc . the
Seven.
2 Lit. 'on the
high seas' L. glosses this as meaning that they are not river fish; but this
seems to me unnecessary, as my rendering suggests.
3 Used apparently
by the fish-seller for advertising his wares.
p. 73
1 Evidently a
wind-instrument of some kind.
2 Presumably a
water-bird.