Married Only Once

dd-1 at juno.com dd-1 at juno.com
Wed Feb 24 10:37:04 EST 1999


Carl,  Denny Diehl here

>>>This past weekend I was looking at the NRSV and
>>>noticed that   MIAS GUNAIKOS ANDRA   in 1 Tim 3:2
>>>was translated  "married only once", which suggests
>>>the meaning "one marriage for a life time" instead of
>>>"one marriage at a time".

>there is linguistic influence at play here, that this conception 
>of fidelity is Hellenistic and finds expression in the Latin adj 
>UNIVIRA that is found on the grave-inscriptions of many a 
>Roman matron, indicating that the lady in question was "a 
>one-man woman" 

Meaning that she was married only once?  John Chrysostom's
father died when his mother, Anthousa, was only 20, leaving 
her with two children.  She was resolute in rejecting a second
marriage, raising their children on her own.  My question, then,
is:  does  MIAS GUNAIKOS ANDRA  demand such a meaning
(or more correctly  hENOS ANDROS GUNA  in her case)?

Thanks!
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