[B-Greek] ARSENOKOITHS: Did I get this right?

Carlton Winbery winberycl at earthlink.net
Tue Mar 15 10:20:29 EST 2005


>I composed the following as a response to someone on another list 
>who claimed that ARSENOKOITHS is an obscure word, whose meaning is 
>not certain, but probably refers to some kind of male prostitute. I 
>would like to make sure that what I wrote is accurate before sending 
>it - does this really represent current thinking on the topic, or is 
>the word more difficult to understand than I think?
>
I agree with Jonathan that this question can be debated on B-Greek. 
However, it will take discipline by all participants. This is one 
place where to get the whole picture of the implications for what the 
biblical writers really were thinking requires some use of the social 
sciences. For the list discussion we cannot then finish the task but 
must be content to define words by studying usage in all Greek 
literature.

For those who want to complete the picture of exactly what the 
writers thought on the larger subject, web sites such as the one by 
Rembert Truluck should be read. His main web site is "Recovery from 
Bible abuse." One of the sites connected to that one is "The Bible 
and Homosexuality." He also operates an e-mail list that is connected 
to his web site. For those who want to complete the task that we do 
not wish to complete here, this is also necessary reading. But first 
let us with respect see if we can at least define the words.

Carlton Winbery

-- 
Carlton L. Winbery
Fogleman Professor of Religion
Louisiana College
318-448-6103
winberycl at earthlink.net
winbery at lacollege.edu



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