[Corpus-Paul] [biblical-studies] I cor 16:22
Jim West
jwest at highland.net
Wed May 2 12:42:52 EDT 2007
Further, this bit from TDNT
It is found more frequently in later ecclesiastical use, often with
ἀνάθεμα, to give weight to a solemn curse. There is always quotation
from, or allusion to, 1 C. 16:22. Thus in a Christian burial inscr.
from Salamis (either 4th or 5th cent., CIG, IV, 9303) we read: (Whoever
lays another corpse in this grave between the two who rest here) …
ἀνάθεμα ἤτω· μαραναθάν. Cf. also the canon of the Fourth Council of
Toledo (633 a.d.): qui contra hanc nostram definitionem praesumpserit,
anathema maranatha hoc est, perditio in adventu domini sit (can. 75).
So 'maranatha' does seem to have functioned as a curse. That's quite
contrary to the usual explanation.
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