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  • From: "David Stabnow" <dstabno AT lifeway.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: CHESED = grace
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:18:13 -0600


Liz wrote: "I think it should be "covenant loyalty," fealty,
what the sovereign owes the vassal, and what the vassal
owes his lord."

I agree, except that a sovereign doesn't "owe" a vassal anything. Hence,
whatever good thing a sovereign gives, including loyalty to a covenant, is
considered "lovingkindness" or "grace."

Dave Stabnow






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