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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