Eunug in die Antieke Nabye Ooste
| dc.contributor.author | Nel, M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-22T10:18:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-09-22T10:18:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
| dc.description.abstract | English: The Bible uses the term “eunuch” several times. The question arises as to the meaning of this term. In this article Biblical and extra-Biblical data are considered. It is argued that the Hebrew word, syrs, refers to a castrated man, and that, in biblical usage, it refers to a castrated man in terms of Israel’s religion (Deut. 23:1; Is. 56:3). The term is used in a different sense when it refers to a foreign person, i.e. a person in an official capacity in a king’s court (as in Gen. 37), or a military commander (as in 1 Kings 22:9; 2 Kings 8:7; 23:12; 25;19; Jer. 52:25). The reference to the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8 is also discussed, and the conclusion is drawn that syrs refers to a foreign official visiting Jerusalem to worship, and not to a castrated man. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nel, M. (2008). Eunug in die Antieke Nabye Ooste. Acta Theologica, 28(1), 126-142. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1015-8758 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2309-9089 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11660/6987 | |
| dc.language.iso | af | af |
| dc.publisher | Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Ancient Near East | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Eunuch | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Palace official | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Castrated person | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Eunug in die Antieke Nabye Ooste | af |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |