[Corpus-Paul] I cor 16:22
Jim West
jwest at highland.net
Wed May 2 12:19:52 EDT 2007
In connection with some work I'm doing on Galatians, I happened upon
this note in Luther's commentary on that great book:
“If anyone has no love for the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema,
μαράνα θά, ” which Burgensis says is the worst kind of curse among the
Hebrews, whereas our scholars understand μαράνα θά as “the Lord is
coming,” though mistakenly, in my opinion."
I had not, that I recall, heard anyone anywhere else suggest that
maranatha is a curse! It does make a bit of sense in its connection to
anathema (and it always seemed a bit odd to me that the two aramaic
words were side by side as curse / blessing).
Anyone have any thoughts? Luther was awfully smart- but he could be
wrong. On the other hand, he could be right. And if he is... well
that's something worth discussing.
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Jim West, ThD
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