AGAPH outside the New Testament

One of the McKays musicke at ozemail.com.au
Fri Jun 14 01:50:08 EDT 2002


So Larry, do AHABAH and AGAPH mean loving someone enough to want to rape him
or her?
David McKay
musicke at ozemail.com.au
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~musicke

>
> AGAPH in LXX 2 Kings 13:15 semantically and culturally reflects the
> Hebrew term, 'AHaBh, where the Greek NT teachers and writers
> semantically [and theologically] add to AGAPH by their usage and
> ascription of it, after its use in the LXX.
>
> Larry Baker
> American Christian College and Seminary
> OKC, OK
> G'day Bryan. But it wasn't unconditional  love when Amnon raped Tamar,
> though!
>
> > The Septuagint, also, at a quick glace seems to use AGAPH to mean
> > 'unconditional love' as in the story of David and Jonathan in 1
> Samuel.
> > Is this, then, likely due to later Christian influence or has AGAPH
> really
> > always meant 'unconditional love'?






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