PROSFERW IN MATTHEW 2:11

Steve Puluka spuluka at hotmail.com
Sat Dec 16 20:34:55 EST 2000


KAI hANOIXANTES TOUS QHSAUROUS AUTWN PROSHNEGKAN AUTW DWRA, CRUSON KAI 
LIBANON KAI SMURNAN.

PROSFERW

BDAG notes three senses--
Bring to
present to
meet, deal with
This verse is placed under the second.  They also note many of the offering 
passages in the Septuagint here.

In the Septuagint Hatch and Redpath note more than 150 instances of 
PROSFERW.  They note eleven Hebrew original words that seem to be translated 
with PROSFERW.

LEH notes only two senses Presenting/offering and Gift/offering.  And their 
statistics on the word miss most of of Hatch and Redpath note.

Is there any justification for taking the magi's offering of the gifts to 
include burning the frankincense?

Specifically in the following instances in the Septuagint, frankincense is 
mentioned as part of the offering and the mixture is burned:

Lev 2:1-2
Lev 2:14-16

Would there be a cultural expectation that frankincense offered in this 
manner be burned?

Steve Puluka
Chair of the Adult Education Committee
Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh
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