Re: Were Greeks Happy?

Mark Goodacre (goodacms@m4-arts.bham.ac.uk)
Mon, 28 Jul 1997 08:28:48 GMT

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John Russell asked about Greek equivalents for our 'happy'.

Notoriously, the Good News Bible translated MAKARIOS with 'Happy' in
the Beatitudes (Matt. 5.3-10) and ended up with some real
absurdities like 'Happy are those who mourn'!

Good wishes

Mark

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