The existing fragments of these varied versions are mostly to be found in the editions of the relics of Ori- gen's Hexapla, by Montfaucon and by Bardht. (See Epiphanius, Be Ponderibiis et Mensuris, cap. 17 ; Euse- bius. Hist. Eccles. vi, 16 ; Jerome, Comment in Tit. cap. 3 ; Apolog. contra Riijin. ii, 34 ; Ilody, p. 590, sq.) See Origen.
VI. The Gr.eco-Veneta Version.— A MS. of the 14th century, in the librarj' of St. Mark at Venice, con- tains a peculiar version of the Pentateuch, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, and Dan- iel. All of these books, except the Pentateuch, were published by Villoison at Strasburg in 1784 ; the Pen- tateuch was edited by Amnion at Erlangen in 1790-01. The version itself is thought to be four or five hundred years older than the one MS. in which it has been trans- mitted ; this, however, is so thoroughly a matter of opinion, that there seems no absolute reason for deter- mining that this one MS. may not be the original, as well as the oxAy one in existence. In an}' case, the MS. cannot be considered earlier than the 14th century, or the version earlier than the 9th. It is written in one very narrow column on each page ; the leaves follow each other in the Hebrew order, so that the book begins at what we should call the end. An examination of the MS. suggested tlie opinion that it may have been written on the broad inner margin of a Hel)rew MS., and that for some reason the Hebrew portion had liecn cut away, leaving thus a Greek MS. probablj^ unique as to its form and arrangement. As to the translation itself, it is on anj' supposition too recent to be of im- portance in criticism. It may be said brief!}' that the translation was made from the Hebrew, although the present punctuation and accentuation is often not fol- lowed, and the translator was no doubt acquainted with some other Greek versions. The language of the trans- lation is a most strange mixture of astonishing and ca- cophonous barbarism with attempts at Attic elegance and refinement. The Doric, which is employed to an- swer to the Chaldee portions of Daniel, seems to be an indication of remarkatde affectation. The author was pr()l)ably a ("liristian of Byzantine, but of Jewish ex- traction. (See Eichhorn, Allg. Bibl. iii, .H71 ; v, 743; vii, 193; Dabler, Vers. Grac. Argent. 1786.) — Smith, s. V. Versions; Kitto, s. v. See Veneto-Greek.
Green is the rendering in the A.V. of the follow- ing terms in the original [see Color] : prop, some form of the root p^'^, yarak', to be pale green, as grass or an affriglited person, x^^"f><''<^ j 'ilso N w"!?) de'she, early vegetation ; other less appropriate or less usual words so rendered are r!5, lach, Gen. xxx, 37 ; Judg. xvi, 7, 8; Ezek. xvii, 24; -kx, 47, moist with sap (as in Numb, vi, 3), like i'ypoc, Luke xxiil, 21, andiike 212'n, ratoh' , juicy, Jol) viii, 16 ; '■^V'^, rnanan'l, verdant with foliage (in connection witli "tree," etc., "fresh" in Psa. xcii, 10; "flourishing" in vcr. IP); but in Esth.
i, 6, the word is b5"i3, Tcarpas', fine linen (q. v.). i. o. Kup-acToc, carbasus. See also Ear (of Corn) ; Fig.
Green, Ashbe!, D.D., an eminent Presbyterian divine, was born at Hanover, Morris Co., N. J., July G, 1762. He taught school for a while, and in his lei- sure hours studied to X'^epare himself for college. When the Revolution broke out he enlisted, and was for a time carried away by the infidel notions which prevailed among his new associates. He soon resolved, however, to make the divinity of the Bible the subject of thorough investigation, and, while seeking for proofs in the Bible itself, he had not gone far before he was cui'cd of his skepticism. He entered the College of New Jersey in the spring of 1782, and graduated with high honors in 1784. He was immediately appointed tutor in the college, and two years after professor of mathematics and natural philosophy. He was licensed to preach by the presbytery of New Brunswick in Feb. 1786, and, after declining a call from the Independent congregation of Charleston, S. C, accepted one from the Second Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, where he was installed in May, 1787, as colleague of the Rev. Dr. Sproat. In 1787 he was elected a mem- ber of the American Philosophical Society, and in 1790 of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, where he moved for a renewal of communications with the Congregational Church. He was made D.D. by the University of Pennsylvania in 1792, and in the same year was appointed chaplain to Congress, which office he held until 1800. In 1S02 the College of New Jersey was destroyed by fire, and Dr. Green, who had been one of the trustees since 1790, was ap- pointed to fill the place of the president. Dr. Smith, while the latter went on a collecting tour through the States. The establishment of a Presbyterian Theo- logical Seminary was first proposed in the General As- sembly of May, 1809, and a board of directors having been appointed in May, 1812, the latter chose Dr. Green for their president: he held this office until his death. Being elected president of the College of New Jersey in August, 1S12, he accepted the appointment, and resigned his pastoral charge. In the fame year he was made LL.D. by the University of North Caro- lina. At the college he delivered a series oi Lectures en the Assembly's Catechism, which were aftei-wards published by the General Assembly's Board of Publi- cation (2 vols. 12mo) and in the Christian Advocate. Resigning the presidency of the college in September, 1822, he took up his i-esidence at Piiiladeliihia, where he published for twelve years the Christian Advocate, a religious monthly, writing the greater part of it him- self, besides preaching to an African congregation for two years and a half, and often supplying the pulpits of other ministers. He died ISIay 19, 1848. He was a very abundant writer; his principal works, in addi- tion to those already named, are. Ten occasional iScr- mons (1790-1836) :-^Six Addresses, Reports, etc. (1793- 1836) : — History of Presbyterian Missions (1 vol.) : — Discourses on the Cvllege of New Jersey, tagcther tcith a m.ttoi-y of the College ( 1S22) ; etc. He also superintend- ed an edition of Dr. Wilhinporm" s Worls (1^02), and left in IMS. a biography of tliat great man. For several years, beginning with 1804. he was the responsible ed- itor of the General AssemWy's Magazine. See Lfe of Ashbel Green, V.D.Af., prepared for the Press at the Au- thor s request by J. H. .Jones (N. Y. 1849, 8vo) ; Sprague, Annals, iii, 79 sq. ; Allibone, Diet, of Authors, i, 731; Princeton Review, 1849, p. 563.