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  • μαλακοί and ἀρσενοκοῖται: In Defence of Tertullian's Translation

  • John Granger Cook
  • Journal:
    New Testament Studies / Volume 65 / Issue 3 / July 2019
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    02 May 2019, pp. 332-352
    Print publication:
    July 2019

  • The debate over the translation of μαλακοί and ἀρσενοκοῖται in 1 Cor 6.9 can and should be settled by a non-polemical and complete survey of the material now that comprehensive databases of ancient texts are available. The translation of ἀρσενοκοῖται by Tertullian, several Vetus Latina MSS and the Vulgate has the best evidential foundation. To establish the meaning of this term one has to turn to etymology and usage, a semantic domain of terms for sexual intercourse, and patristic and classical texts. Once the semantics of ἀρσενοκοίτης is better grounded, the ancient Latin translation of μαλακοί becomes the most probable.