From: Bryan Rocine (brocine@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Sep 15 1999 - 23:42:19 EDT
Dear B-Greeks,
Lev 25:39-46 makes the distinction between the treatment of
a bondslave and a hired servant or sojourner (see also Deu
15:12-18). I gather that the distinguishing condition of
the bondslave is that he works with great rigour and without
any reward other than sustenance. I think the bondslave is
generally "in for life." Is Christ's reference to an
unprofitable servant in Luke 17:7 a specific allusion to the
type of bondslave mentioned in Lev? The Liddell-Scott does
not make any such reference to the use of an idiom such as
DOULOI ACREIOI, but I thought someone on one of the lists
might know differently. BTW, Lev 25 in the LXX uses
OIKETHS.
Thanks!
doulos sou,
Bryan
B. M. Rocine
Associate Pastor
Living Word Church
6101 Court St. Rd.
Syracuse, NY 13206
(office) 315.437.6744
(home) 315.479.8267
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