[B-Greek] question about chickens in the NT

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Mar 23 07:52:41 EST 2004


At 7:06 AM -0500 3/23/04, Jonathan Robie wrote:
>As far as I know, there is only one reference that identifies a
>particular species of chicken in the New Testament - the OUDE HEN of
>John 1.3, which was apparently created without the Logos ;->

Others may question whether the above report is fair or foul, but I think
it worth noting that there are actually 87 (eighty-seven!) hEN's in the
GNT. One of them happens to be a sparrow (if we can be sure that's what a
STROUQION is)--in Mt 10:29; another is a sheep (PROBATON, Mt 18:12) ... but
I fear that this report really is a foul one. ;-)
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Carl W. Conrad
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