Whence the Womb?

IF 0.4 4区 哲学 0 RELIGION Novum Testamentum Pub Date : 2023-03-15 DOI:10.1163/15685365-bja10045
Jackson Abhau
{"title":"Whence the Womb?","authors":"Jackson Abhau","doi":"10.1163/15685365-bja10045","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\nIn John 7:38, Jesus makes the proclamation ποταµοὶ ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας αὐτοῦ ῥεύσουσιν ὕδατος ζῶντος. Among a variety of other issues—textual problems, ambiguous syntax, and an unclear scriptural referent—an enduring problem for translators has been the word κοιλία. Here, the author argues that the most natural meaning for κοιλία in this context is “womb.” Although governed by the masculine possessive pronoun αὐτοῦ, κοιλία’s most common NT meaning is “womb,” and a survey of Greek literature corroborates “womb” as a viable translation, and preferable to the alternatives in standard Bible translations (such as “heart,” “belly,” or “side”). Reading John 7:38’s κοιλία as “womb” is supported by the immediate context and literary background and sheds further light on the Gospel’s themes of rebirth.","PeriodicalId":19319,"journal":{"name":"Novum Testamentum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Novum Testamentum","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15685365-bja10045","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"RELIGION","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

In John 7:38, Jesus makes the proclamation ποταµοὶ ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας αὐτοῦ ῥεύσουσιν ὕδατος ζῶντος. Among a variety of other issues—textual problems, ambiguous syntax, and an unclear scriptural referent—an enduring problem for translators has been the word κοιλία. Here, the author argues that the most natural meaning for κοιλία in this context is “womb.” Although governed by the masculine possessive pronoun αὐτοῦ, κοιλία’s most common NT meaning is “womb,” and a survey of Greek literature corroborates “womb” as a viable translation, and preferable to the alternatives in standard Bible translations (such as “heart,” “belly,” or “side”). Reading John 7:38’s κοιλία as “womb” is supported by the immediate context and literary background and sheds further light on the Gospel’s themes of rebirth.
查看原文
分享 分享
微信好友 朋友圈 QQ好友 复制链接
本刊更多论文
女人在哪里?
在约翰·38耶稣使宣言ποταµοὶἐκτῆςκοιλίαςαὐτοῦῥεύσουσινὕδατοςζῶντος)。在各种各样的问题中——文本问题、模糊的语法和不明确的经文参考——一个长期困扰译者的问题是κοιλ末梢α这个词。在这里,作者认为,在这种情况下,κοιλ末梢α最自然的含义是“子宫”。虽然受男性所有代词α ο το ο支配,但κοιλ主控子α最常见的NT意思是“子宫”,对希腊文学的调查证实了“子宫”是一个可行的翻译,比标准圣经翻译(如“心脏”,“肚子”或“侧面”)中的替代品更可取。将《约翰福音》7:38中的κοιλ末路槲树α (κοιλ α)解读为“子宫”,得到了当时的语境和文学背景的支持,并进一步阐明了福音中关于重生的主题。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 去求助
来源期刊
Novum Testamentum
Novum Testamentum RELIGION-
CiteScore
0.30
自引率
0.00%
发文量
23
期刊介绍: Novum Testamentum is a leading international journal devoted to the study of the New Testament and related subjects. This includes text-critical, philological, and exegetical studies, and investigations which seek to situate early Christian texts (both canonical and non-canonical) and theology in the broader context of Jewish and Graeco-Roman history, culture, religion, and literature. ● For 50 years an unrivalled resource for the subject. ● Articles in English, French and German. ● Extensive Book Review section in each volume, introducing the reader to a large section of related titles.
期刊最新文献
Νόμος/νόμοι in the Septuagint and the Letter to the Hebrews Das Evangelium in einem rhetorischen Brief: Ein Kommentar zum 1. Thessalonicherbrief, written by Ulrich Mell Direct Dependence on Philo in the Epistle to the Hebrews Les démons étaient-ils vraiment le problème à Corinthe ? Reciprocity and High Resilience against Economic Fluctuations
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
现在去查看 取消
×
提示
确定
0
微信
客服QQ
Book学术公众号 扫码关注我们
反馈
×
意见反馈
请填写您的意见或建议
请填写您的手机或邮箱
已复制链接
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
×
扫码分享
扫码分享
Book学术官方微信
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术
文献互助 智能选刊 最新文献 互助须知 联系我们:info@booksci.cn
Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。
Copyright © 2023 Book学术 All rights reserved.
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号 京ICP备2023020795号-1