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Papaya tile 370 Posted 9 years ago
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Metaphor

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: (Is "being made a curse" a metaphor?)

  

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Hi I agree with the administrator's flag: we probably don't have enough information here. But I will try It is Paul's Epistle to the Galatians (3:13) Paul wrote it in AD 53 and it will have undergone a lot of transcription, translation and interpretation since then. The best we have for the original is probably the Vulgate (about 300 years later).

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  • Hi I agree with the administrator's flag: we probably don't have enough information here.
  • But I will try It is Paul's Epistle to the Galatians (3:13) Paul wrote it in AD 53 and it will have undergone a lot of transcription, translation and interpretation since then.
  • The best we have for the original is probably the Vulgate (about 300 years later).
  • The key words are factus maledictum - 'being made a curse' I don't have that faith, but I find it hard to believe that Paul, an apostle, wished to portray his friend's death as a metaphor.
  • I'm no expert, but I think that an assumed slip of the pen - maybe from factus maledicte ?
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Hi

I agree with the administrator's flag: we probably don't have enough information here. But I will try

It is Paul's Epistle to the Galatians (3:13)

Paul wrote it in AD 53 and it will have undergone a lot of transcription, translation and interpretation since then. The best we have for the original is probably the Vulgate (about 300 years later). The key words are factus

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papaya tile 370Is "being made a curse" a metaphor?

Yes, but only insofar as "curse" is itself a metaphor for 'the one who is guilty of a crime' (or 'sin' in the case of religion).

The whole sentence makes more sense if its phrases are explained in reverse order.

Cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree— "Anyone who is executed is guilt
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