[gothic-l] Re: Gentile as coterminous with Kuni

[Anþanareiks]

> Originally, gentile literal meaning is of the same clan, ethnic 
> group, or nation. Gentile is seemingly derived from Gens.
> The point is> does gentile for Wulfilas mean ethnic group? I have 
> read that Jesus did not intend his Gospel for foreigners but rather 
> Hebrews. Later with Paul, it was spread to the "gentile" world. If 
> that was the case, then the use of Gentile may mean foreigners, 
i.e. non-Hebrew rather then non-Judiac?



In Genesis, the descndants of Noah's son Japheth were called 
gentiles. Later,the origin of Gentile as foreigner I read was in the 
era of Abraham. During this time gentile came to mean those nations 
and peoples who had not descended from Abraham.
So you see a shift from gentile as indigenous descent to foreigners.
If this is correct, then kuni as descent, indigenous national group 
would be the appropriate term rather then þuidos as people.



Anþanareiks



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