[B-Greek] Rom. 16:7: Junia or Junias?

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Mon Jul 24 15:13:56 EDT 2006


On Jul 24, 2006, at 4:44 AM, Steve Hulme wrote:

> The text in my UBS (3rd edition) for this verse is: ASPASASQE  
> ANDRONIKON
> KAI IOUNIAN TOUS SUGGENEIS MOU KAU SUNAICMALWTOUS MOU...
>
> My question is this:  the nominative form of the second individual
> mentioned must be either IOUNIAS (masc) or IOUNIA (fem).  But I can't
> tell from the text which it is.  Does the form IOUNIAN (with a
> circumflex accent on the final alpha) give us a hint somehow about the
> gender of the person referred to?  Is there some modern scholarship  
> that
> would be helpful on this point?
>
> thanks
>
> Steve Hulme
> Raleigh, NC
>

The circumflex accent in UBS3 reflects the editorial preference for a  
masculine referent.


Note that Chrysostom thought the referent was a woman.

BABAI, POSH THS GUNAIKOS TAUTHS hH FILOSOFIA, hWS KAI THS TWN  
APOSTOLWN AXIWQHNAI PROSHGORIAS.

Note that FILOSOFIA here means something like "devotion to" see Lampe.

Assuming Chrysostom is correct, the text hardly justifies the level  
of attention it has been given
and Chrysostom might be wrong.


Elizabeth Kline

Here is an article the text:
http://www.cbeinternational.org/new/pdf_files/free_articles/ 
Romans167.pdf
It is not safe to assume that I agree with this article, just passing  
it along as something to read.




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