Damaris (Acts 17:34) and an Aristocratic Family from Sparta: Neglected Epigraphic Evidence on the Name of a Female Disciple
This article surveys epigraphic evidence for Damaris, Damares and Damari(o)n to show that these are distinctively Spartan or Laconian names. It rejects the hypothesis that Damaris is a Lukan construction from Homeric δάµαρ (wife) or a typical name for a courtesan. Positively, it suggests that the wo...
| Publicado en: | Novum Testamentum |
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Brill
2021
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Novum Testamentum
Año: 2021, Volumen: 63, Número: 3, Páginas: 346-359 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Bibel. Apostelgeschichte 17,34
/ Damaris, Heilige, Biblische Person
/ Epigrafía
/ Sparta
/ Athen
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | HC Nuevo Testamento HH Arqueología |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Damaris
B Sparta B Epigraphy B Athens B Acts |
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| Sumario: | This article surveys epigraphic evidence for Damaris, Damares and Damari(o)n to show that these are distinctively Spartan or Laconian names. It rejects the hypothesis that Damaris is a Lukan construction from Homeric δάµαρ (wife) or a typical name for a courtesan. Positively, it suggests that the woman named Damaris in Acts 17:34 could be imagined as a member of the Voluseni family, a prominent Spartan family connected with the Athenian elite. Finally, it examines the rhetorical force that a recognizably Spartan name could have in the narrative of Acts. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5365 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685365-12341701 |