Another boy?

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Another boy?

Submitted by Nate on January 17 2002 19:16:53
In reply to A Study of Boys in Scripture - Final Take submitted by J on January 17 2002 03:16:10

Not long ago, someone here mentioned that the Roman Centurian who came to Jesus and asked him to heal his servant was actually talking about a loved boy. They said that the original language used the same words as were used for boylovers and their boys. (Apologies to whomever it is that I am forgetting.) That would be a very interesting study to me.

Along the same lines, in another post someone mentioned that Paul's rebuke which included "effeminate" was also the word for a loved boy in the original language.

We have all heard that the Greeks and Romans were serious boylovers, but it seems that our modern translations have been disinfected of any references to that cultural practice. It would be fascinating to me if someone could go in and pull it back out. I don't have the skills myself.

I enjoyed reading your work so far.

Nate

Follow ups:

The Centurion's Servant and the Greek 'Malakoi' - J January 20 2002 04:40:49 (16)
- Re: The Centurion's Servant and the Greek 'Malakoi' - Nate January 20 2002 16:39:36 (15)
  - A Possible Reference to Pederasty in the Gospels - J January 21 2002 00:02:11 (6)
    - I don't know if this has any bearing on the matter - A.I. Watcher January 21 2002 14:12:43 (5)
      - Now it all makes sense - Nate January 23 2002 00:07:36 (2)
        
        It could have been, however - A.I. Watcher January 23 2002 11:35:27 (0)
        
        You're welcome and 'fruitloop'... - J January 23 2002 02:58:17 (0)
      - One more quick comment - A.I. Watcher January 21 2002 14:58:27 (1)
        
        A fountain of great information! - J January 22 2002 04:28:18 (0)
  - Regarding that cultural practice - A.I. Watcher January 20 2002 17:56:48 (2)
    - Thanks for the illumination - Nate January 22 2002 23:35:38 (0)
    - Thanks for the great information in this post (nt) - J January 20 2002 23:53:51 (0)
  - the Greek 'Malakos' - JohnQ January 20 2002 17:54:53 (4)
    - Re: the Greek 'Malakos' - Nate January 22 2002 23:25:23 (2)
      - Re: the Greek 'Malakos' - JohnQ January 23 2002 10:08:09 (1)
        
        OK, thanks (nt) - Nate January 23 2002 19:56:08 (0)
    - 'Malakoi' in 1 Corinthians 6:9 - J January 20 2002 23:57:09 (0)
The Centurians Servant - Ben January 17 2002 21:04:45 (0)
Re: Another boy? - Dakota January 17 2002 19:30:52 (2)
- Hebrew and Greek - J January 20 2002 05:52:57 (0)
- Re: Another boy? - JohnQ January 17 2002 22:02:27 (0)

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