[Corpus-Paul] [biblical-studies] I cor 16:22
Mitternacht Dieter
dieter.mitternacht at teol.lu.se
Wed May 2 14:29:40 EDT 2007
Jim,
note also what the Jewish Encyclopedia
(http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1477&letter=A&search=maranatha#4221)
has to say on Anathema under the sub-heading: A Measure of Synagogal
Discipline: "The first degree, ḥerem, the Anathema proper, was an expulsion
for an indefinite term and represented the final punishment of an offender
who had been repeatedly warned and corrected. The person so expelled was
muḥram (compare Anathema maran atha in I Cor. xvi. 22. According to Graetz
maranatha is a corrupt transcription of , "Thou art anathema"; compare
Holtzmann, "Handkommentar zum Neuen Testament," pp. 173, 174, note)."
According to Georg Schnedermanns commentary on 1 Cor, both Luther and Calvin
considered maranatha to be a corrupt transcription of the aramaic muḥram
môt' ("verbannt zum Tode").
Dieter Mitternacht
Lund University
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From: Jim West
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Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Corpus-Paul] [biblical-studies] I cor 16:22
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.
--
Jim West, ThD
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