EX hAIMATWN (John 1:13)

John S. Waldrip JWaldrip at Baptists.Org
Fri Jan 21 20:33:52 EST 2000


>My Hebrew is fetal or futile or dimly-rememberd from a distant past, but
>isn't there a plural form, DAMMIM for "blood"? Also, I remember reading
>somewhere (was it Raymond Brown on this passage? That's possible) that one
>theory of biological conception was that male semen mingled with female
>menstrual blood to form the embryo. If there's anything real to this, I'm
>sure somebody else will know.

How could this have been thought to be true with Levitical instructions
prohibiting sexual intercourse between husbands and wives during and for a
period after menstruation?


John S. Waldrip





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