Hades, Tartarus, Gehenna all rendered "hell"--Loyal translation?

Steven Craig Miller scmiller at www.plantnet.com
Thu Dec 30 12:00:08 EST 1999


To: Juan Stam,

<< Much of our image of "Hell" (Span infierno) is heavily tainted by pagan 
mythology, via medieval elaborations. I try to avoid using the terms "hell" 
or "infierno" and surprise people by using the more flexible, imaginative 
biblical terms. >>

I've reached the same conclusion but for a perhaps slightly different 
reason. IMO our images of "Hell" are generally heavily tainted by Christian 
mythology, via medieval elaborations. Because of that I prefer using the 
(pre-Christian) biblical terms.

-Steven Craig Miller
Alton, Illinois (USA)
scmiller at www.plantnet.com
Disclaimer: "I'm just a simple house-husband (with no post-grad degree), 
what do I know?"




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