A lexically charged poem
Posted: September 8th, 2021, 3:07 pm
This goes far beyond NT Greek, but not as much as you think:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals ... C3184109E9
Of interest to us is the simplicity of the vocabaulary (as the author of the article says, first year Greek vocab) and the use of φιλί με as part of the "sexual tension" of the last two lines. In NT circles there is of course the discussion of the distinction of φιλέω and ἀγαπάω, and we tend to think of the former as friendship style affection, but texts such as these show yet another element in the semantic range.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals ... C3184109E9
Of interest to us is the simplicity of the vocabaulary (as the author of the article says, first year Greek vocab) and the use of φιλί με as part of the "sexual tension" of the last two lines. In NT circles there is of course the discussion of the distinction of φιλέω and ἀγαπάω, and we tend to think of the former as friendship style affection, but texts such as these show yet another element in the semantic range.