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bacht · 10-10-2008, 01:00 PM

Slightly off-topic: I've heard that one possible etymology for Pharisee is from Parsi, ie. followers of Persian religion, which is sometimes cited as the origin of belief in afterlife and demonology (?) This would be a pejorative from people like the Sadduccees who apparently rejected the ideas of resurrection or "hell" (?)

spin · 10-11-2008, 11:10 PM

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So Luke (and others) use aramaic words "Gehenna" and "Sheol" in otherwise Greek gospels? How are they transliterated, letter-for-letter? Would non-jewish helenistic readers understand meaning of these words?

When you commit to a religion, you take on the private language of the belief. For example, xristos (coming from a Greek verb xriw) originally meant "that which one anoints (with)", but because messiah (coming from a semitic verb M$X "to anoint") meant "that which is anointed", the word xristos was redefined amongst messianists in the diaspora. Becoming a messianist meant accepting the new meaning of xristos.

With one exception Jas 3:6, gehenna [geenna] is only used by Jesus, ie only occurs in the (synoptic) gospels in the words of Jesus.

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10-10-2008, 01:00 PM	#11
bacht Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 2,305	Slightly off-topic: I've heard that one possible etymology for Pharisee is from Parsi, ie. followers of Persian religion, which is sometimes cited as the origin of belief in afterlife and demonology (?) This would be a pejorative from people like the Sadduccees who apparently rejected the ideas of resurrection or "hell" (?)

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