Fwd: Re: MIAS GUNAIKOS (in Kenya)

From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 18 1998 - 07:45:07 EST


This was an off-list response to me yesterday regarding what I said about
linkage to Latin "UNIVIRA" in connection to the verse from 1 Timothy. I am
deleting the more personal items:

>From: WLHETH@tayloru.edu
>Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 15:14:55 -0500 (EST)
>Subject: Re: MIAS GUNAIKOS (in Kenya)
>To: cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu
>MIME-version: 1.0
>Status:
>
>Dear Carl,

> You are quite right on the potential Latin
>background to the 1 Tim 3:2 phrase. Three articles I found
>in doing my doctoral dissertation of Matthew's Eunuch
>saying (19:12) and its relationship to Paul's teaching on
>singleness in 1 Cor 7 (one is probably the article you are
>thinking of) are:
>
> M. Lightman & W. Zeisel, "Univira: An Example of
>Continuity and Change in Roman Society, "*Church History
>46 (1977) 19-32.
> C. H. Dodd, "New Testament Translation Problems II
>[1 Tim 3:2, 12; Titus 1:6]," *Biblical Translator 28 (1977)
>101-116.
> Jean-Baptiste Frey, "Le signification des terms
>MONANDROS and univira coup d'oeil sur la famille Romaine
>aux premiers siecles de notre ere," *Recherches de science
>religeuse 20 (1930) 48-60.
>
> Feel free to send this info to the person who
>asked about this--I have not been following the discussion
>on this real closely, so I have no idea who would be
>interested.

>
>Sincerely,
>
>Dr. Bill Heth
>Chair, Biblical Studies, Christian Education, and Philosophy
>Taylor University
>

Carl W. Conrad
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