OUAI = "DAMN"?
Mark Goodacre
M.S.Goodacre at bham.ac.uk
Mon Sep 14 06:53:34 EDT 1998
The Scholars Version (the version produced and used by the Jesus Seminar)
translates OUAI hUMIN, normally translated "Woe to you . . .", as "damn you . .
." How do b-greekers feel about this? Their aim is to re-create the
impression that original readers and hearers would have had. MAKARIOI . . . in
the Beatitudes is translated "Congratulations . . ."
Mark
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