LALEIN - 1 Cor 14:34

Maurice A. O'Sullivan mauros at iol.ie
Tue May 30 12:05:51 EDT 2000


At 08:38 30/05/00, Peter Clark wrote:
>I fully agree with what Marrice says about eisegesis. Perhaps the most 
>glaring and obvious instance is that of Ambrose (or was it Jerome) 
>wasnting ADELFOS to be cousins as opposed to ENEPSOS which is in the NT 
>(but is a hapax I believe).



No, Peter, it was not Ambrose, but Jerome. However the patristic 
controversies over
" the brothers " of the Lord was a good deal more nuanced than your bald 
statement would make it appear.

An excellent article " the Brothers and Sisters of the Lord in Ecumenical 
Perspective " by John P. Meier in CBQ 54 (1992) is well worth reading, with 
its outline of the various ( and not always consistent ) positions of 
Jerome ( cousin ) , Ephiphanius ( stepbrother ) and Hegesippus ( literal 
brother ). As regards the approach of Ephiphanius he notes that even as 
reputable a team of authors as Brown et al. who produced "Mary in the New 
Testament" demonstrated confusion between "stepbrother" and "half-brother"

This material is also developed in chap. 10 of:
Meier, John P. Jesus the Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. 
Vol. 1. The Roots of the Problem and the Person. New York: Doubleday, 1991.

More recently, the topic  ( or part of it ) has been re-visited in the CBQ, 
with Dr. Richard Bauckham putting forward qualifications --- however, due 
to the disorganized state of my bookshelves [ my bookshelves? -- my entire 
house <g> ] I cannot right now put my finger on the two volumes concerned; 
you might like to check the TOC of recent CBQ volumes in your university 
library, perhaps?  Otherwise I may well end up in the attic <g>

Maurice

Maurice A. O'Sullivan  [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros at iol.ie






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