[B-Greek] Mary's PRWTOTOKOS
Mark Goodacre
M.S.Goodacre at bham.ac.uk
Mon Dec 22 11:50:07 EST 2003
I was just reading an article on a certain John Tvedtnes who is
quoted as saying that "It says in [Gospels of] Luke that Jesus was
Mary's firstborn, which suggests she had other children."
(http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Dec/12202003/saturday/121596.asp).
Luke 2.7: KAI ETEKEN TON hUION AUTHS PRWTOTOKON
So I'm wondering whether PRWTOTOKOS would suggest further children.
I'd have thought that one might say firstborn without that necessary
implication, especially if one were narrating the birth of the
firstborn. It would be different to describe someone as "firstborn"
at a subsequent stage, I'd have thought. But I just don't know what
the background is. Does anyone have any ideas?
Mark
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