1Pet.1:17
Polycarp66 at aol.com
Polycarp66 at aol.com
Sun Mar 19 12:35:17 EST 2000
In a message dated 3/19/2000 10:27:10 AM Central Daylight Time,
reznik1 at juno.com writes:
<<
PATERA has no article. So can it be a direct object? And can we translate
"a father" about G-d?
>>
Our language about God is filled with anthropomorphisms. He's a father, a
judge, a king, a husband. These (at least in my opinion) are not to be taken
literally. Since we cannot experience God directly as we do other "things"
in the universe, we speak in terms of that which we know. Is it imperfect?
Of course. The Greeks spoke of ZEUS PATER (from which linguistically is
derived Roman Jupiter). It is also not unknown in the OT to speak of God as
Father -- cf. Is. 63
15Look down from heaven and see,
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