arsenokoiths

Ben Crick ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Mon Sep 25 20:21:37 EDT 2000


On Mon 25 Sep 2000 (13:00:32), jwest wrote:
> following is some thoughts i have on the word above... i would
> appreciate any input you have.

 With all due respect, Jim, your post reads like special pleading. In the
 Sibylline Oracles 2, 73 ARSENOKOITHS and ARSENOKOITEIN unambiguously refer to
 male homosexuals. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiq 7:2 has ARSENOKOITAI as
 synonymous with PAIDERASTAI.

 Is it not possible that Paul is using ARSENOKOITHS as a euphemism to avoid
 offence by blatantly spelling it all out?  Scripture is never gratuitously
 crude or coarse; compare the euphemism SKEUOS for the male sexual organ in
 1 Thessalonians 4:4. Do you really think that ARSENOKOITHS merely means what
 we might call a "couch potato"?  a gentleman of leisure?

 ERRWSQE,
 Ben
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