Talk:Junia (New Testament person)

message: I moved the content of the article Junias here because Junia is the female name and more accepted by NT scholars, such as the NRSV. --JBJ 20:01, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Junias]]

message: Junia is also a singer. http://www.a-cd.de/detail.php?id=6741 --Easyas12c 16:54, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Singer 

message: The icon illustrating Junia would be powerful evidence of her veneration as a woman, if it was made centuries ago.  St. Junia has apparently been recognized by the Orthodox churches as a saint for many centuries. On the other hand, the icon could be a relatively recent piece, in which case it is no evidence at all to support the interpretation of Romans 16.7.
So when was it painted or created? The file info implies it was some decades ago, as it says the copyright expired after the death of the author plus 70 years i.e. at least 70 years ago. But there is no info about the author's identity, date of death, or indeed any info about the origins of the icon.  The link to the Orthodox Church site where it appears yields no info about its origin either.
This photo appeared in the local newspaper on August 9th, 2007 (Toronto Star) in an article about St. Junia, but without attribution. Checking on the internet, I saw the icon is widely associated with discussions about her, but never attributed.  (The above is an edited version of a comment I posted on the file image site on August 9th, 2007, but there were no responses.  I hope re-posting it here with the article, in somewhat revised form, doesn't break any Wikipedia rules.  If so, please accept my apologies.)Greg Dyer 02:38, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Icon of Junia 

message: There is debate whether the mention of Junia(s) as being "prominent among the apostles" (NRSV) means Junia(s) was one of the apostles, or only well known to the apostles. A parallel to the second interpretation is found in the Psalms of Solomon 2:6, where the Jewish captives are spoken of as "a spectacle among the gentiles". The construction is exactly the same, and the word translated as "a spectacle" is exactly the same word that in Romans 16:7 is translated as "of note" or "prominent". But the phrase in the Psalms of Solomon clearly does not mean that the Jewish captives were Gentiles. Victor Alexander's translation from Aramaic states that they were "well-known by the apostles."[citation needed] (Was a section in the article, moved here and removed from the article by Nhoj (talk) 01:37, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I moved this section to the Talk page, as it's main content is unfounded. Mainly, I'm wondering how a word "translated as a spectacle" in Romans, originally in Greek, can be the same as one from Song of Solomon, which was originally in Hebrew? Are you referring to the Septuagint - a famous Greek translation of the Old Testament? If so, fine, but I guarantee the original word in Romans is not the same as the original word in Song of Solomon, as they were written in different languages. Since 90% of this paragraph hinges on word studies, someone with more knowledge should rewrite it with facts - and maybe some citations as well? As a side note, the book of the Bible is entitled Song of Solomon or Song of Songs, not Psalms of Solomon. --Nhoj (talk) 01:37, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: | Years later, but I feel I should make the point that this example is not as clear cut as it looks; the term 'gentile' (and the Latin 'gentilis') is not exclusive to non-Jews. The King James Bible used it to mean 'nation' for more than half of its instances. It can be used to refer to the non-Jewish peoples, but this use (which originated in biblical translations) must be determined by context, and in 2:6 of the Psalm of Solomon either 'nations' or 'gentiles' would make sense.213.205.251.234 (talk) 01:19, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

text: Linda Belleville has a crushing analysis refuting Burer and Wallace's conclusions. I'm happy to add some information. I have added information from Belleville about the prevalence of the name Junia. CapHammer (talk) 03:34, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Apostle or not 

message: Hi. Just a question re these edits did written Greek have accents at this period? I thought accents were later? In ictu oculi (talk) 16:41, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Accents