Question on Genesis 34:3 LXX

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Nov 6 12:56:10 EST 2002


Forwarded for George Somsel <Polycarp66 at aol.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 12:48:08 EST

In a message dated 11/6/2002 8:49:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
waldoslusher at yahoo.com writes:

>PARQENOS
>
>>What this means is exactly what BDAG indicates: the
>>Greek word is not in
>>itself as specific as the NT usage of the word
>>unquestionably is. Therefore
>>the LXX references must be viewed NOT in the light
>>of NT usage, but of more
>>general Greek usage.
>


My apologies for quoting a quotation, but I can't locate the original.

I doubt very seriously the assertion that PARQENOS in the NT can ONLY mean
virgin.  Consider the case of Mt 25.1-13.  In this case the meaning could
be virgins, but it seems to me that it is used more analogously to our term
'bridesmaids'.  It is probably somewhat unusual if you find a wedding where
there isn't at least one married bridesmaid.  I doubt seriously that the
usage at the time was much different.

gfsomsel



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