Thomas Allan Smail

Abba is not Hebrew, the language of liturgy, but Aramaic, the language of home and everyday life _ We need to be wary of the suggestion _ that the correct translation of Abba is __addy._ Abba is the intimate word of a family circle where that obedient reverence was at the heart of the relationship, whereas Daddy is the familiar word of a family circle from which all thoughts of reverence and obedience have largely disappeared _ The best English translation of Abba is simply __ear Father.