[B-Greek] Re: AKROBUSTIA vs. APERITMHTOS
Esteban Otero
oterofamily4 at msn.com
Sun Feb 2 09:06:20 EST 2003
Dr. Mann,
I hadn't seen a response to your query yet, so here is my two mites worth.
Deissmann (Bible Studies, Hendrickson Pub., 1988, pp.151-152) discusses the
word PERITEMNW. He seems to understand it as a technical term for
circumcision borrowed from an Egyptian usage. The underlying Hebrew word
isn't always translated by PERITEMNW in the LXX when it doesn't relate to
the rite of circumcision. Anyways, at the end he says that in Egypt ASHMOS
may have been the technical term for uncircumcision in Egypt and "the more
definite and, at the same time, harsher APERITMHTOS corresponded to the
contempt with which the Greek Jews thought of the uncircumcised." Hope this
helps any.
Esteban Otero
Tampa, FL
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