Age and Worship

A K M Adam akm-adam at nwu.edu
Thu Apr 6 11:59:32 EDT 2000


Greetings, Kevin,

>Greetings
>
>Two questions.
>
>1. Would anyone care to speculate concerning more or less what age 
>to draw the line between older and younger men/women in Titus 2:2-6? 
>The words I have in mind are PRESBUTAS and PRESUTIDAS for older 
>people, NEAS and NEWTEROUS for younger.
>
>2. I found this quote in A Lion Handbook of the World's Relgions: 
>"In contrast, by the time of Theophrastos (370-287 BCE), a word was 
>in use whose meaning, 'fear of' or 'reverence for' divinity, already 
>had such negative overtones that it could designate the 
>'superstitious' person" (C C Smith 1994:99). Anyone know what word 
>he is alluding to?
>
>Thanks
>Kevin Smith
>South Africa
><mailto:kgs at iafrica.com>kgs at iafrica.com

I didn't see any answers to Kevin's question, so I venture to guess 
that the answer to question 2 may be DEISDAIMWN or DEISDAIMWNIA.

We had a fascinating thread a few years ago about the distinction of 
ages in Greek, but I can't recall the date or the ostensible topic. 
If you search the archives for messages from Christopher Hutson  "Re: 
meirakion, pais, ephebos" you should find some background--it doesn't 
seem to address your question precisely, but may be of some help.

Grace and peace,
A K M Adam

-- 
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary
akm-adam at nwu.edu
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