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Maran in Luke 16:8
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enarxe Wrote:Shlama akhi Jeremy,

First of all - thank you for replying.

I also would deduct from the flow of the story that it only makes sense to assume that maran here is the earthly master, not Y'shua.

But ... I can see this translated both ways in different places, and AENT has got "our master". In one Greek MS which I have checked there is a christogram in this place, obvious interpretation on the part of the translator. And most importantly suffix "-an" is the possessive pronoun meaning "our" in Aramaic, isn't it ? Where the only corporate body are the listeners (otherwise it would be "his master" in the narrative), so ... it would have to mean Our Master. Obviously it is another matter in what sense the unjust steward was "praised" and for what.

It makes a difference - I have encountered someone abusing this parable in interpretation and concluding from it that Yeshua Rabbeinu was here allowing and praising "capers" and justified being an "unjust steward" in business. Something I cannot accept. For me the story only says "making friends is more important than making a few quid" and that managing money (or other resources) well is a small thing where we can start and an entry level from which we can move on to "greater things" (quite clear from ).

Shlama wBurkate,
Jerzy


Shlama akhi,


yes, it definitely matters how one translates it, for this alone could lead to some troubling interpretations, as you mention.

do you know what manuscript has the Christogram in this verse?

i think it is entirely possible that "our master" refers to the human individual, just as you might recall a tv or radio program of bygone years, upon returning to its plot, having the resuming introduction of something like, "When we last left our hero...." in that sense, it would serve to work well as Messiah referring to the human master spoken of in the parable.

but it is one that i think is highly subject to the individual's perspective on the parable.


Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy
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Maran in Luke 16:8 - by enarxe - 06-16-2013, 11:07 PM
Re: Maran in Luke 16:8 - by Burning one - 06-17-2013, 12:58 AM
Re: Maran in Luke 16:8 - by enarxe - 06-21-2013, 09:46 PM
Re: Maran in Luke 16:8 - by Burning one - 06-22-2013, 05:04 AM
Re: Maran in Luke 16:8 - by enarxe - 07-05-2013, 09:22 PM

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