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kavod as "intimidation"

From: jwest AT highland.net
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: kavod as "intimidation"
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 09:20:20 +0000 (GMT)

generally kavod is rendered by something like "glory" in english. i'm
wondering
if "intimidation" and its relatives would be more dynamically equivalent....

the whole notion of being in the presence of someone who has "kavod" evokes a
response of fear and wonder and uncertainty as well as "heaviness". isnt
this
exactly what we mean today when we say that someone's presence
is "intimidating"?

thanks for your input.

Jim

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Jim West, ThD
Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies
Quartz Hill School of Theology

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kavod as "intimidation", jwest, 09/16/2002