Professor Burkitt and the Geographical Catalogue

Abstract

In vol. XXXVIII (1948) of the Journal, pp. 43–6, Dr. Stefan Weinstock discusses the relationship of the list of nations mentioned in Acts 2 as represented in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost with ‘astrological geography’. There is one difficulty which has presented itself to many students—the presence in the catalogue of ΙΟΥΔΑΙΑΝ, particularly in its position between Mesopotamia and Cappadocia. Consequently there have been conjectures about what might have stood in its place. Dr. Weinstock concludes that it is ‘definitely wrong’, and should either be changed to ΙΟΥΔΙΟΙ or omitted or accepted as an interpolation.