Is 7:14 and PARQENOS
Ben Crick
ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Mon Apr 9 06:39:58 EDT 2001
On Sun 8 Apr 2001 (21:54:44), scarlson at mindspring.com wrote:
> Because the LXX still applied the word PARQENOS to Dinah after
> her rape, the PARQENOS need not always mean "virgo intacta."
Hmmmm. KAI PROSESCE THi YUCHi DEINAS THS QUGATROS IAKWB : KAI HGAPHSE
THN *PARQENON* KAI ELALHSE KATA THN DIANOIAN THS *PARQENOU* AUTHi.
I wonder if there isn't a bit of /hysteron-proteron/ here (Genesis 34:3).
She WAS a virgin until he raped her; presumably he raped her, because he
cast eyes on her and "fell in love" with her. That was the *end*, /terminus
ad quem/, of her /vagina intacta/ status. In the following verse, his
designation of her changes abruptly from PARQENOS to PAIS:
EIPE SUCEM PROS EMMWR TON PATERA AUTOU, LEGWN, LABE MOI THN *THN PAIDA TAUTHN*
EIS GUNAIKA. (verse 4).
Thereby Shechem acknowledges Dinah's change of status since raping her.
We've had long discussions on this both here and on b-hebrew; so consult
the archives if you will...
ERRWSQE
Ben
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