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To: jrg
......I never understood why the virgin thing is such a big deal to these guys. I mean, really, who wants virgins....

The correct term is Houris. Houris inhabit Paradise nd are there to serve. They are young and beautiful and skilled in serving.

Houris have been interpreted as Virgins in a sexual context but that is not really the whole story.

22 posted on 09/19/2008 2:40:34 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Conservation? Let the NE Yankees freeze.... in the dark)
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To: bert

http://www.corkscrew-balloon.com/02/03/1bkk/04b.html

‘...”For example, the famous passage about the virgins is based on the word hur, which is an adjective in the feminine plural meaning simply “white.” Islamic tradition insists the term hur stands for “houri,” which means virgin, but Mr. Luxenberg insists that this is a forced misreading of the text. In both ancient Aramaic and in at least one respected dictionary of early Arabic, hur means “white raisin.”

Mr. Luxenberg has traced the passages dealing with paradise to a Christian text called Hymns of Paradise by a fourth-century author. Mr. Luxenberg said the word paradise was derived from the Aramaic word for garden and all the descriptions of paradise described it as a garden of flowing waters, abundant fruits and white raisins, a prized delicacy in the ancient Near East. In this context, white raisins, mentioned often as hur, Mr. Luxenberg said, makes more sense than a reward of sexual favors...’


29 posted on 09/19/2008 5:49:06 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum)
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