Damaris (Acts 17:34) and an Aristocratic Family from Sparta

IF 0.4 4区哲学 0 RELIGION

Novum Testamentum Pub Date : 2021-06-22 DOI:10.1163/15685365-12341701

Arco den Heijer

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Abstract

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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达马里斯(使徒行传17:34)和一个来自斯巴达的贵族家庭

本文调查了Damaris, Damares和Damari(o)n的铭文证据，以表明这些是独特的斯巴达或拉科尼亚名字。它拒绝了Damaris是来自荷马史诗δάµαρ(妻子)的卢卡语结构或妓女的典型名字的假设。积极地说，这表明使徒行传17:34中那个叫达马里斯的女人可以被想象成沃卢塞尼家族的成员，沃卢塞尼家族是一个与雅典精英有联系的斯巴达显赫家族。最后，它考察了一个明显的斯巴达名字在使徒行传叙事中可能具有的修辞力量。

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Novum Testamentum RELIGION-

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