re the Nathinaei
nethInIm (properly >>those given<< [i.e. nAt(h)an]
to the service of the sanctuary, as levites are called
nethunIm numbers 3.9, 8. 16 & 18). brown, driver &
briggs, a hebrew and english lexicon of the old
testament ..., (oxford: 1966), p 682, col. 1
koehler-baumgartner, lexicon in veteris testamenti lebros,
(leiden: 1958), p 641 col 2: listed with an * (= non attested)
under the singular *nAthIn. biblical aramaic *nethInIn.
appears only in plural in biblical hebrew nethInIm =
Geschenkte, Tempelsklaven (those given (to the temple),
temple-slaves.
cyrus gordon, ugaritic glossary, (roma: 1965) [analecta
orientalia 38], entry 1169 (p 416, col 1): ytnm = "members
of a certain guild" & compares the ytnm with the biblical
nethInIm (= "a class of temple servitors").
see b a levine, JBL 82 1963 pp 207-212
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On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Megan McLaughlin wrote:
> Greetings, fellow list-members.
> I hope someone out there can help me with two obscure phrases in the
> proceedings of the Synod of Pavia (1022), which were directed against
> the children of servile clerics (that is, clerics who were also serfs
> of the churc)h.
> First: Pope Benedict VIII (or actually, Leo of Vercelli, writing on
> behalf of the pope) asserted that the children of these
> "serf-priests" should "ex Gabaonitis Nathinaei fiant"--I know who the
> "Gibeonites" were (Joshua 9), but who are the Nathinaei?
> Second: the pope then goes on to say that, like the Gibeonites, the
> children will be put into the service of the church "veluti forenses
> ecclesiae actionarii." The only sense I can make of this is that
> they will be given menial duties in relation to the external affairs
> of the church. Does anyone have a better idea of how to translate
> this phrase?
> Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks.
> --
> Megan McLaughlin
> Associate Professor of History and Women's Studies
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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