[B-Greek] IOUDAIOS
Harold R. Holmyard III
hholmyard at ont.com
Thu Jan 29 13:48:37 EST 2004
Dear Dmitri,
>It seems to me that in John's Gospel IOUDAIOS often really means Judean
>and not Jew. Here is a good example:
>
>Jhn 7:1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to
>walk in Judea, because the Jews* sought to kill Him.
>NKJV Copyright 1982 Thomas Nelson
>
>Here we see a contrast between Judeans (who are in Judea) and Galileans.
>Jews lived in both Judea and Galilee, but Judeans lived in Judea. Here is
>another example:
>
>Jhn 11:7 Then after this He said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea
>again."
>Jhn 11:8 The disciples said to Him, "Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to
>stone You, and are You going there again?"
>NKJV Copyright 1982 Thomas Nelson
>Here "the Jews" also can mean Judeans, because the Galileans who were
>around Him at that time were also Jews, but they were not a threat for
>Him.
HH: Thanks, that's what I was looking for. it suggests to me that "Judean"
is a good lexical gloss for IOUDAIOS. But I would include "Jew" as as a
gloss as well, when the term has a broader, ethnic meaning. In the Bible
the ethnic idea is associated with cultural ideas and usually but not
always (Egypt) political ideas. Yet the same is true to a degree today.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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