Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- Abba
- Transliteration
- Abba
- Rejected alternatives
- ABBA (the Swedish pop group — an extremely common, almost unavoidable secular association for contemporary readers)
Abba
For a very large share of contemporary English-speaking readers, ‘Abba’ is most immediately associated with the Swedish pop group ABBA, not the Aramaic term of filial intimacy Paul preserves in Romans 8:15. This association should be anticipated and explicitly set aside, however lighthearted it may seem, rather than assumed harmless.