Biblical Hebrew Forum

[davidfentonism AT aim.com]

  Respecting the idea that "grace" in the NT writings implies "absolving 
someone from responsibility," I would have to say I do not believe it is 
present in the texts. However, it may have developed in respective doctrines 
of some/many church denominations and particularly Roman Catholicism. In the 
main, Protestantism holds the concept of grace to be "unmerited favor" and/or 
mercy of G-d.
 
 David Fenton, MEd., MA Linguistics, MBA
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 -----Original Message-----
 From: rosewalk AT concentric.net
 To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
 Sent: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 5:27 PM
 Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hebrew language and thought forms, was: "Desire of 
Women" in Heb. Text of Dan. 11:37
 
  We weren't talking about the kind of grace that chen means.  And no, 
chesed does not refer to "grace" in the sense of absolving someone 
from responsibility, as there is not that concept, of being absolved 
from responsibility, in the Torah.

Shoshanna



HH: One word that can mean "grace" is X''N (chen). Perhaps "chesed" can
be translated that way, too.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard  
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