Editing Hubris (section)

=== Early Christianity===
In the [[Septuagint]], the "hubris is [[wikt:overweening|overweening]] pride, [[wikt:supercilious|supercilious]]ness or arrogance, often resulting in fatal retribution or [[wikt:nemesis|nemesis]]". The word ''hubris'' as used in the [[New Testament]] parallels the Hebrew word ''pesha'', meaning "transgression". It represents a pride that "makes a man defy God", sometimes to the degree that he considers himself an equal.<ref name=superstition6>[[Stanley J. Grenz]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=NAPrXVh_56wC&q=hubris&pg=PA183 ''Theology for the Community of God''], Pub: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2000 – "The Greek word ''hubris'', which occurs occasionally in the New Testament (e.g., Acts 27:10, 21; 2 Cor.12:10). parallels the Hebrew ''pasha''. William Barclay offers a helpful definition of the term. ''Hubris'', he writes, 'is mingled pride and cruelty. ''Hubris'' is the pride which makes a man defy God, and the arrogant contempt which makes him trample on the hearts of his fellow men.' [...] Hence, it is the forgetting of personal creatureliness and the attempt to be equal with God."</ref>