[B-Greek] Was SKUBALON a swear/vulgar word?
Doug Hoxworth
doughoxworth at yahoo.com
Sun May 22 23:54:22 EDT 2005
><Eric>
>I think the question - at least the question for me -
is whether or not SKUBALON / SKUBALA has the same
rhetorical / social effect as our word "sh!t,"
...I.e., would a modern-English Bible that translated
SKUBALA in Phil. 3:8 as "sh!t" be a correct and proper
equivalent translation - or would it be a case of the
translator pushing the envelope and in fact be more
shocking to our ears and eyes than SKUBALA would have
been to Paul's audience?
<doug>
that's exactly what i'm wondering. i hear people
speculating about it quite often, but i have yet to
see this claim substantiated.
Doug Hoxworthth
Luther Rice Seminary
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