Mammon
Joseph Garnier
nomre2me at email.msn.com
Fri Jan 28 15:27:10 EST 2000
I am working in Luke 16: 9-13, and have difficulty with the word MAMMON. To my understanding Mammon was a personifiication of selfish wealth and extravagance in opposition to God that was well-known among those of Aramaic culture. That quality of personification is lost on today's readers when the word is transliterated Mammon, as in most translations, or wealth as in the rest. I have thought long and hard for a personification of selfish extravagance that is generallyh known in our culture, and I think the most widely recognized term is Scrooge, and so I am using it instead of Mammon. In the statement that you cannot serve God and Scrooge (v.13), I think the appropriateness of personification is vital to a correct interpretation. What do you who are wiser and more knowledgeable than I think?
By God, Joseph Garnier
A Human, Inc.
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