Epp on Junia / Junias (Rom 16:7)

c stirling bartholomew cc.constantine at worldnet.att.net
Mon Jun 3 15:15:02 EDT 2002


ROM. 16:7 ASPASASQE ANDRONIKON KAI IOUNIAN TOUS SUGGENEIS MOU KAI
SUNAICMALWTOUS MOU, hOITINES EISIN EPISHMOI EN TOIS APOSTOLOIS, hOI KAI PRO
EMOU GEGONAN EN CRISTWi.

> Epp says: "The conclusion to this essay is simple and straightforward:
> there was an apostle Junia."

According to Thomas R. Schreiner* the consensus up until the 13th Century
was that the referent of JUNIA was a woman. So why should it cause anyone
problems now? One reason only, misunderstanding of the semantic range of
APOSTOLOIS. 

If APOSTOLOIS is a technical term in Rom 16:7 then we have just as much
trouble explaining ANDRONIKON as we do JUNIA. I don't understand why Wallace
& Burer (NTS #47, 2001, 76-91) felt compelled to make an end run around this
text which does not present any real difficulties.

--  
Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
Three Tree Point
P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062

* See page 400, Schreiner, Thomas R. Paul, Apostle of God's Glory in Christ:
A Pauline Theology IVP: 2001




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