Relationship of grammar to exegesis

Will Wagers hyle at gte.net
Fri Jul 24 09:00:09 EDT 1998


Carl writes:

>To me this is self-evident. Would anyone disagree with the following
>statement?
>
>"Few, if any, B-Greekers make the simplistic assumption that  determining
>the precise meanings of words in context, parsing the verbs, nouns, and
>adjectives and construing the syntax of a Biblical Greek verse, is
>sufficient to unlock all the meaning in that verse. But most, if not all
>B-Greekers, do assume, I think, that one must do this spade-work with a
>text before serious exploration of the broad range of questions involved in
>exegesis of the text in question. What we postulate is not that exegesis is
>nothing but grammar, but that grammatical analysis is a SINE QUA NON in the
>exegetical process."

I would go further, believing that grammar, etymology, plus other sources
and sympathetic study is insufficient to unlock the meaning in many cases.


Will Wagers	hyle at gte.net	"Reality is the best metaphor."





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