Toen zei David: God verdoeme mij ...

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Abstract

As English ‘goddam(n)’ or ‘goddamned’, the repelling Dutch curse ‘godverdomme’ has to be derived from a conditional self-imprecation: ‘God verdoeme mij, als ‘ (‘God damn me, if ... ’). Dutch Christians often regard the curse as a violation of the Third Commandment. However, in Old Testament Hebrew a similar formula is found:

(‘God may do this to me and more than that, if ... ’). The biblical passages where the expression occurs do not display any resistance to the use of the formula, even though it was often pronounced inconsiderately.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): NTT

Title: NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press (Amsterdam )

ISSN (Print): 2542-6583

ISSN (Electronic): 2590-3268

Publication date (Electronic): October 2001

Volume: 55

Issue: 4

Pages: 286-300

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Publisher ID: NTT2001.4.002.SAND

DOI: 10.5117/NTT2001.4.002.SAND

SO-VID: cc337434-e88a-40bc-9c3b-463cb43826b8

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