Re: Puzzled on Inf. in Mk 2:15

From: Jonathan Robie (jwrobie@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue Oct 21 1997 - 11:58:17 EDT


At 10:24 AM 10/21/97 -0500, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
>(English translators always want to
>translate this clear reference to ancient eating in a triclinium or the
>like as "sit at table," which of course one can do, if it's preferred). At
>any rate, that's the way I've always read this construction.

I didn't know this word, so I did a quick search on the Internet. There's a
picture of a triclinium at each of these sites:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfoss/triclin.GIF
http://www.tulane.edu/lester/text/Western.Architect/Pompeii/Pompeii67.html

There is also an article on housing in the NT era at:

http://www-asd.stanford.edu/Media1/ASD/WordAndWorld/Genesis/AlmanacBible/HOU
SING.html

Hope someone finds this useful!

Jonathan

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