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- From: Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>
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- Subject: [Corpus-Paul] I cor 16:22
- Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 12:19:52 -0400
In connection with some work I'm doing on Galatians, I happened upon this note in Luther's commentary on that great book:
“If anyone has no love for the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema, μαράνα θά, ” which Burgensis says is the worst kind of curse among the Hebrews, whereas our scholars understand μαράνα θά as “the Lord is coming,” though mistakenly, in my opinion."
I had not, that I recall, heard anyone anywhere else suggest that maranatha is a curse! It does make a bit of sense in its connection to anathema (and it always seemed a bit odd to me that the two aramaic words were side by side as curse / blessing).
Anyone have any thoughts? Luther was awfully smart- but he could be wrong. On the other hand, he could be right. And if he is... well that's something worth discussing.
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[Corpus-Paul] I cor 16:22,
Jim West, 05/02/2007
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Jim West, 05/02/2007
- Re: [Corpus-Paul] [biblical-studies] I cor 16:22, Ian Scott, 05/02/2007
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Re: [Corpus-Paul] [biblical-studies] I cor 16:22,
Mitternacht Dieter, 05/02/2007
- Re: [Corpus-Paul] [biblical-studies] I cor 16:22, Jim West, 05/02/2007
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Re: [Corpus-Paul] [biblical-studies] I cor 16:22,
Jim West, 05/02/2007
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