Luke 5.29 - Levi's party
Ben Crick
ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Tue Jan 5 22:31:30 EST 1999
On Tue 5 Jan 99 (18:43:07), m.z.wilkins at zoo.co.uk wrote:
> Do we know exactly what a DOCH in Palestine in the first century might
> have involved? And were TELWNAI the sleazy social outcasts my
> Sunday school teachers suggested? I'd be most grateful for any help.
Margaret:
If you have access to a library, then turn up Alfred Edersheim, /The Life
and Times of Jesus the Messiah/, 2 vols., London, 1900, vol 1, pp 514-521.
This gives a full survey of the various types of TELWNAI at work in
first-century Palestine, and a full discussion of the implications of the
conversion of Levi/Matthew, and a consideration of the "memorable gathering
[that] took place in the house of Matthew".
Enjoy.
Ben
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