At 6:15 PM +0000 12/21/10, 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 . . .
David Fenton referred me to the Wikipedia article, which is
remarkably complete and very detailed, Apparently in at least one
language the word used also translates as "sins." And there are
indeed two rather different versions extant, in two different
Gospels. The "approved" versions in any specific religion were, of
course, determined by committee vote, just like Congress--which is
actually a rather scary thought!
John
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Virginia Tech Department of Music
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences
Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240
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