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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