On 21 Dec 2010 at 18:15, Susan Lackman wrote: > O.T. I wonder if the original "debts" didn't come from the Kol Nidre > text (in Aramaic) that opens the Yom Kippur observance, although the > translation is "oaths" and "vows," and it refers not to ones made to > one's fellow, but to God. Both Jewish and Christianoi texts were > parallel, if not identical, up until 200 C.E. > > And you're right - a debt and a trespass are wholly different things. > The idea of a debt to God . . .
Didn't anyone bother to read the Wikipedia article I cited? It addresses this issue directly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Prayer -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
