Posted by Lilly from ? (160.129.27.22) on Tuesday, May 28, 2002 at 11:33AM :
In Reply to: "Criticism is Not Self-Hatred" posted by Lilly from ? (160.129.27.22) on Tuesday, May 28, 2002 at 11:13AM :
I wonder if this is a "borrowed" concept, too - if the authors of the ancient Jewish texts were conveying something to their people that was already a part of the ancient Babylonian/Semitic way of life.
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The Hebrew word "tikkun" has its earliest origin in the book of Ecclesiastes (1:5; 7: 13; 12:9) where it means either "setting straight" or "setting in order."
-- Lilly
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