Paulus, Lucas, Epimenides, Damaris (Actus Apostolorum 17, 19-34)

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AEVUM

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AEVUM - 2019 - 1

Titolo

Paulus, Lucas, Epimenides, Damaris (Actus Apostolorum 17, 19-34)

Autore

Carlo Maria Mazzucchi

Editore

Vita e Pensiero

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07-2019

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10.26350/000193_000039

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0001-9593 (stampa) | 1827-787X (digitale)

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In Paul’s speech before the Areopagus two points, viz. the altar of the unknown God and the concealed reference to a verse before the quotation from Aratus, are connected with Epimenides, one of the seven sages, and his poems. A third occurrence of the Cretan wise is at the beginning of the Epistle to Titus. The source of this knowledge is questionable (an Athenian friend of the apostle?). The elsewhere unattested name Damaris is probably a misunderstanding of the dignified common noun damar the Areopagites used for their wives.