follow up
Adam, Professor AKM
AKM.Adam at PTSEM.EDU
Thu Jul 2 15:29:17 EDT 1998
Colleagues,
Noting that the is supposed to be a discussion of Greek, I would simply
add that LSJG shows no basis for regarding TAMEION as "privy" (the
closest they give is "closet," but I see no implication here other than
a small closed room).
Having said that, it's hard to imagine having space enough in a
first-century dwelling-place to dedicate some of your precious square
feet to excretion. I know little about Palestinian or Greco-Roman
archaeology, but I know that space was at a premium.
Grace and peace,
A K M Adam
akm.adam at ptsem.edu
Princeton Theological Seminary
"He didn't have any use for history because he never expected to meet it
again."
Flannery O'Connor, "A Late Encounter with the Enemy"
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