Ge'enna & 'ades
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon May 13 19:40:50 EDT 2002
At 6:22 PM +0000 5/13/02, Mark Wilson wrote:
>Just a brief observation here:
>
>>hADHS hades, hell (10)
>> Matt. 11:23 hUYWQHSH? hEWS hAiDOU KATABHSHi
>> Matt. 16:18 EKKLHSIAN KAI PULAI hAiDOU OU KATISCUSOUSIN AUTHS
>> Luke 10:15 hEWS OURANOU hUYWQHSH? hEWS hAiDOU KATABHSHi
>> Luke 16:23 KAI EN TWi hAiDHi EPARAS TOUS OFQALMOUS
>> Acts 2:27 YUCHN MOU EIS hAiDHN OUDE DWSEIS TON ...
>> Acts 2:31 OUTE EGKATELEIFQH EIS hAiDHN OUTE hH SARX ...
>> Rev. 1:18 TAS KLEIS TOU QANATOU KAI TOU hAiDOU
>> Rev. 6:8 QANATOS, KAI hO hAiDHS HKOLOUQEI MET' AUTOU
>> Rev. 20:13 QANATOS KAI hO hAiDHS EDWKAN TOUS NEKROUS
>> Rev. 20:14 QANATOS KAI hO hAiDHS EBLHQHSAN EIS THN ...
>>
>
>
>You will note that all these references are related to the OT.
>
>In the OT, you had Sheol, which corresponds to hADES in the NT.
>Sheol was comprised of all the dead, both righteous and unrighteous,
>but after Christ lead captivity away, Sheol no longer seems to have
>a compartment for the righteous. That is, in the OT, the redeemed
>went to Abraham's bosom; in the NT, the redeemed go immediately
>into the presence of the Lord.
>
>In the OT, the redeemed expected to depart to Abraham's bosom,
>where they awaited the resurrection at the final day.
>
>The parable of the rich man and Lazarus shows these two
>compartments. And some argue that the wicked demons
>that are in Tartarus were yet in another compartment
>within the Sheol complex.
This isn't so much wrong as it oversimplifies a considerably more complex
picture For one thing, Tartarus belongs to Greek cultural notions, not
Hebraic ones, and in some instances hAiDHS seems to be a metaphor for
death. I would simply suggest that those concerned with this issue check
what BDAG and Louw & Nida offer for hAiDHS.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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