[B-Greek] Semantic domain of hUDRIA
Elliot Poe
Elliot.Poe at gmail.com
Wed Jan 31 22:59:22 EST 2007
There are classical examples of this sort of pottery on the web in the
Beazley collection. Of course, by the time the Gospel of John was
written, the jar might have changed quite a bit. But the following link
will give you some idea of what the word could represent around the
fifth century in Athens.
http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/Pottery/Lecture1/Script/GreekPaintedPottery1.asp
Yours,
Elliot Poe
Joseph Weaks wrote:
>John 2.6 HSAN DE EKEI LIQINAI hUDRIAI hEX KATA TON KAQARISMON TWN
>IOUDAIWN CWROUSAI ANA METRHTAS DUO H TREIS
>
>I'm working with imagining the the Wedding in Cana story. Any
>thoughts on purification rite water jars that held the water/wine?
>These uHDIRAI? How distinct of a type of jar might we think it was...
>or is the term hUDRIA non-descript in form and shape generic even if
>the use is specific?
>
>Anyone point me to online pics of potential candidates for the shape
>and kind of jar? I'm not finding images of ones this big.
>
>Thanks,
>Joe Weaks
>
>
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