[B-Greek] One man one woman
Ann Nyland
nyland at tsn.cc
Thu Dec 8 14:19:17 EST 2005
The term meant "faithful to one's spouse", as we now know from epigraphical
evidence. It has been found on the tombstone of women.
Ann Nyland
----- Original Message -----
From: "W Ellison" <el_guero2000 at yahoo.com>
To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 6:11 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] One man one woman
> I am curious about the constructions of:
>
> MIAS GUNAIKOS ANDRA and MIAS GUNAIKOS ANHR
>
> I would think that since both the term for woman and man had secondary
> meanings of wife and husband, that in the context of the NT church most
> people would hear these phrases as a "husband of one wife".
>
> The real reason that I am asking is that I have been told that this was
> preposterous. And while, I would like to think my literal translation is
> preposterous, I seem to be close to the traditional interpretation. Is
> there any linguistic reason to believe the traditional translation was not
> literal?
>
> I was referred to Robertson (I assume: Robertson, A Grammar of . . .,
> 496), and while I find refference to this possibly being an attributive
> genetive. I really do not see that people in the NT era would have
> thought, "A man of (with) a woman."
>
> Wayne 'Roy' Ellison
> SWBTS
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