[boatbums]

(Mt Greek testament is packed up. Does Paul use aner or anthropos? The former means man as in guy, the latter man as in human.)

Aren't you EVER going to unpack??? ;o)

In Romans 5:12, Paul uses the word anthropos which can mean in the general sense all mankind, but he specifically used the word before that, heis, which means the numeral "one". The context, then, signified one man (Adam) just as the next use of the word is preceded by pas which denotes all, i.e., all men, all have sinned.

[Mad Dawg]

I am in such a mess. I'm handling this mostly by myself. I just got the rugs down at the new place. Now I can think about unpacking the books.

Thanks for your research. I think it's a safe bet that Paul considered eve pretty much off to one side. Still the use of anthropos is at least interesting - perhaps suggesting Adam as representative of humankind rather than of guys.