Re: They _don't_ have a word for it!

On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:00:03 -0400 Roger Mills <romilly@...> writes:
> Nor is there anything resembling Original Sin.  Consequently there
> is no
> "redemption" or "salvation".  The words exist, but
> refer only to redemption
> of e.g. a financial instrument, or ransom of a captive or kidnap
> victim;
> "salvation" would be "rescue".  We do (or will) have
> "atonement" and
> "repentance"; these are things that an individual has
> control of.
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Ah, like Hebrew.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "verevahh vahatzala..."