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Re: CHESED = grace

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

Re: CHESED = grace, David Stabnow, 01/16/2002
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: CHESED = grace, Lisbeth S. Fried, 01/16/2002
- Re: CHESED = Grace, SPAWN OF A JEWISH CARPENTER: CINDY SMITH, 01/17/2002
- Re: CHESED = Grace, Charles David Isbell, 01/18/2002
- Re: CHESED = Grace, Shoshanna Walker, 01/18/2002