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Re: arsenokoites and malakos
In message <9401251826.AA17998@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> you write:
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>> From: Tony Bowden <dejavu@athmail1.causeway.qub.ac.uk>
>> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 15:35:19 GMT
>> Sender: u8915431@athmail1.causeway.qub.ac.uk
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>> I'm doing my Dissertation this year on Homosexuality and the Church, and
>> a major part of the Biblical argument centres around the translations of
>> the two words arsenokoites and malakos and 1Cor 6:9 and 1Tim 1:10 ...
>>
>> Does anyone know any good references on this question, or have any thoughts
>> on what these terms would have meant to Paul ?
>>
>> "A major part of the Biblical argument". Does that mean that you
>> already have an argument in place, and you are seeking references that
>> will support you? That doesn't sound like research to me.
>>
>> -mib
No ... I never said that ....
There is very little direct biblical reference to homosexuality. A major
component of the arguments on both sides is over the interpretation of these
two words - thus my research into them :)
The `traditional` translations of these as referring to 'homosexuals' in
general has come under a lot of fire, but at the minute I haven't many
references to detailed discussion of them.
Tony
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