Origin & Evolution of Languages

Nik Taylor fortytwo at ufl.edu
Thu Jun 17 02:20:39 UTC 1999


JoatSimeon at aol.com wrote:
> -- oddly enough, God was usually addressed in the familiar form as well.  You
> certainly wouldn't call the King "thee", though.

True, but God is the Father, and it makes sense to address ones Father
familiarly, Jesus himself referred to God by the familiar word "abba".

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