medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Whoa, Whoa Whoa Whoa!!!!
Tell me more about this? This is potentially extremely interesting.
Being descended from a long line of German woodworkers (and still such today) I know that during the Middle Ages there were a large number of terms
used to differentiate between the various wood related crafts, but this is the first I've heard of Joseph potentially being a cabinetmaker v. carpenter in the
broad sense of the term. This is very interesting!
So. . . . what would a 1st C. Jewish cabinetmaker have built? chests? wooden plates? From what I recollect (and the 1st C. is a bit before my area) the
stone/stucco homes of the ancient middle east seldom, if ever, had shelving/cabinetry in the modern sense of the term. I seem to recall that the clothes
cabinet did not come into existence until the Quatrocento, previous storage being primarily the "cassa" or "cassone" - a type of chest.
George (thinking Joseph may be more connected to his profession than previously thought)
On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:45:00 -0500, Frank Morgret wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>Bonjour, eh?
>Katherine wrote:
>> . . . Joseph was a carpenter and carpenters (among
>> others) build houses.
>You and a kazillion other folks are under the impression Joseph
>was a carpenter. He probably wasn't, at least in the sense of one
>who makes houses.
>The Greek, Mt. 13:15, Mark 6:3, says he was a 'tektðn', which
>is probably more correctly translated "cabinetmaker". As various
>Latin translations of the NT appeared, 'fabri' became the preferred
>translation, and a fabri was often a carpenter or a stone mason
>who built houses. Thus in numerous English translations he
>became a 'carpenter'.
>So to close our discussion, I hope, they have been burying the
>wrong guy.
>Kindest regards to all!
>Frank
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