Re: Pater Noster (purely linguistically)

Quoting "Ph. D." <phild@...>:

> caeruleancentaur wrote:
> >
> > I agree with you in principle.  Missionaries do have problems in
> > translating terms that are culturally bound.  Just a reminder,
> > though, that the donkey is not mentioned in the Christmas stories of
> > Matthew and Luke.  Neither are camels or oxen.  It would be very easy
> > to translate the Christmas stories without mentioning donkeys.  I
> > would be more worried about the espousal custom in Matthew or the
> > census in Luke.  Or the manger.
>
>
> I can understand the difficulty of explaining espousal customs
> or angels to a different culture, but what's so hard about
> explaining a manger?
Is angel really that tricky? Most langs should have a word for "messenger",
surely?

                                                              Andreas

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