The Meaning of mete?rízomai in Lk 12:29
A Comparison with Judeo-Hellenistic and Greco-Roman Litterature
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https://doi.org/10.47182/rb.80.n-20183Keywords:
Pride, Anxiety, Lk 12:29, Biblical Translation, Meteōrízomai, MetéōrosAbstract
Most scholars prefer to translate the expression me mete?rízomai
of Lk 12:29 as “do not be in the air”, with a psychological sense. However they tend to emphasize that the common figurative sense in Judeo-Hellenistic and Greco-Roman literature is not this, but the moral-metaphorical “do not be puffed up [with pride]”. This contribution, taking advantage of the search and research opportunities offered by new technologies, aims to demonstrate that the psychological sense was much better known and used in the Judeo-Hellenistic and Greco-Roman world than was evident until now. We are not the first to affirm this possibility, but we bring new texts
that shed light on the subject.
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