Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- umthetho
- Transliteration
- umthetho
- Rejected alternatives
- isiko (custom/tradition, too broad)
Law
umthetho is the standard term for the Mosaic Law/Torah and for civil law generally. isiko (custom/tradition, including inherited ancestral custom) should not be substituted, as Paul’s argument concerns a specific revealed legal covenant, not general inherited custom.
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