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mm
Nov 22, 2009, 12:58:15 AM11/22/09
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blas?phe?my
–noun, plural -mies.
1. impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.
2. Judaism.
a. an act of cursing or reviling God.
b. pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton (Y=H-V-H) in the original,
now forbidden manner instead of using a substitute pronunciation such
as Adonai.
3. Theology. the crime of assuming to oneself the rights or
qualities of God.
4. irreverent behavior toward anything held sacred, priceless,
etc.: He uttered blasphemies against life itself.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME blasphemie < LL blasphe-mia < Gk. See blasphemous, -y 3
–noun, plural -mies.
1. impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.
2. Judaism.
a. an act of cursing or reviling God.
b. pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton (Y=H-V-H) in the original,
now forbidden manner instead of using a substitute pronunciation such
as Adonai.
3. Theology. the crime of assuming to oneself the rights or
qualities of God.
4. irreverent behavior toward anything held sacred, priceless,
etc.: He uttered blasphemies against life itself.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME blasphemie < LL blasphe-mia < Gk. See blasphemous, -y 3
Synonyms:
1. profanity, cursing, swearing; sacrilege, impiety.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Is 2b really Judaism?
(I hyphenated the name.)
--
Meir
"The baby's name is Shlomo. He's named after his grandfather, Scott."
Shmaryahu b. Chanoch
Nov 22, 2009, 10:32:08 AM11/22/09
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Why do you ask?
I had a friend who insisted that the charges against Jesus was due to
his open usage of 2b.
So, what brought this up for you?
Dennis
Nov 22, 2009, 11:13:10 PM11/22/09
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mm wrote:
Well, a number of Xian translations of the Hebrew Scriptures spell
out 2b. How do Jews feel about that? I'd think they find it highly
offensive!
Dennis
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