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1 | Is the Law abolished? | Matt 5:17 | DocTrinsograce | 137763 | ||
Hi, Marvin... Well, if there are 3 words for love in Aramaic as there are in Hebrew (and I do not doubt that you are correct) then it doesn't add credence to my theory. I read somewhere recently that neither Aramaic nor modern Arabic have these levels of "love." It was said/written in the context of Christ's words about "hating family." According to whoever it was I was listening too, they said that this expression made perfect sense in Arabic. That they tended to emotional extremes which was a very Semitic-like characteristic in their cultures. (Sorry, pain meds are making me kind of blurry today.) I love to put flesh on the bare bones of the scripture narrative as you have done. Sometimes, due to the way the ancients wrote, it sounds stilted and cold. But we have to keep in mind that these were flesh and blood people. They exuded love, hate, despair, anguish, rage, passion, etc. (Kirkegard commented on how much he loved the pure humanity in scripture.) But we tend to hear the words as though they echoed in a large, cold, empty marble cathedral. For example, we hear, "Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?" When what he was probably saying was something like, "What is your problem??? You're worried about a speck of dust in *his* eye when you got this big old two by four hangin' outta yours???" Sorry, I don't mean to sound irreverent. I'd better stop my ramblings while I'm ahead. In Him, Doc |
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2 | Is the Law abolished? | Matt 5:17 | MJH | 137901 | ||
Doc, please see my post in this thread under the heading "sources?" My post begins, "I've spent several hours...." and was posted on 11/20/04 at 11:53pm I mention this to you because you seemed interested in the discussion and I didn't want you to miss what will hopefully be my final post on the matter regardless of whether my point is accepted. Hope all is well with you and your illness. God Bless, Marvin |
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