02-24-2014, 09:10 PM
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Re: Hair and Nature?
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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
While some debate whether it was Paul or Aquila who had their head shorn and whether the vow was a Nazarite vow in Acts 18:18, I would wonder at the explanation in bold.
We have posted, in a different discussion, a reference to the Greek meaning for "uncut" found here: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/...tomos0#lexicon
What I would really wonder at is that Paul, while telling a man that it is a shame to have his hair long, would seemingly, and in effect, be forcing a Nazarite vow on every woman for all time. I have been of the understanding that a Nazarite vow was voluntary. So the definition in the Louw, J. P., & Nida is troubling.
And as Newman had mentioned on FCF, why would Paul need to reach outside the Greek when speaking to a Greek audience? |
I don't understand the last part of reaching outside the Greek..
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