[B-Greek] One man one woman
Elizabeth Kline
kline-dekooning at earthlink.net
Thu Dec 8 15:11:16 EST 2005
According to Marshal (Pastoral Epistles ICC p155-6) the inscription
on the tombstones of women was MONANDROS or univira. The phrase hENOS
ANDROS GUNH is not found on tombstones and probably has a different
meaning.
1TIM. 5:9 CHRA KATALEGESQW MH ELATTON ETWN hEXHKONTA GEGONUIA, hENOS
ANDROS GUNH,
Elizabeth Kline
On Dec 8, 2005, at 11:19 AM, Ann Nyland wrote:
> 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>
> 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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