[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

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From: "W Ellison" <el_guero2000 at yahoo.com>
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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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