medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Marjorie Greene wrote:
>
>> "Adelphoi" isn't Hebrew - ancient or otherwise.
>
> Who said it was? It's a Greek version of an ambiguous Hebrew term.
Why should we suppose that?
>> But the actual point at issue was whether Joseph had any children.
> If your posting had anything to do with this point, you'd better resend it
> in English for those of us whose Latin is a tad rusty. If all you wanted
> to do was show off, never mind.
I think most people can manage "frater". After all, I wouldn't want people
to think I was citing texts that didn't actually exist.
John Briggs
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