Question on Genesis 34:3 LXX

waldo slusher waldoslusher at yahoo.com
Wed Nov 6 08:51:34 EST 2002



Ann...

> PARQENOS, "unmarried woman/girl", "girl of
> marriageable age" not parthenios,
> PARQENIOS, "virgin" (of either gender). PARQENOS
> carries no connotation of
> virginity. For PARQENOS clearly as girl oif
> marriageable age, see  IG XIV
> (1890) 1648 ll. 1-10. See also discussion of the
> word in Spicq, NLNT
> 111.516-25 which provides a number of documentary
> references. See also
> discussion in G.R. Horsley, (not the American
> Horsley) New Documents
> Illustrating Early Christianity, Vol. 4., p. 222.
> Sure, virginity may have
> been expected, but the word does not require that
> connotation, and bear in
> mind that most girls were married at the age of
> 12-14. People seem upset by
> this simple lexical fact, but to put their minds at
> rest, the rest of the
> text does make it clear that Mary was a virgin - she
> is quoted as saying
> that to the angel. In other words, translating the
> text correctly doesn't
> take away from Mary herself saying she is a virgin.
> However, the Greek word
> PARQENOS does not say that.


What accounts for PARQENIOS meaning virgin, while
PARQENOS does not?


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Waldo Slusher
Calgary, AL

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