question

Jim West jwest at highland.net
Tue Aug 3 11:20:25 EDT 1999


At 02:24 AM 8/3/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear B-Greekers,
>
>I was wondering what kind of degree would someone need to have to be
>considered a scholar of the Greek language.

Well, one could have a PhD in classical studies- which I assume means one
knows Greek fairly well  (i.e, is an expert therein) or- perhaps a doctorate
(PhD or ThD) in Biblical Studies/New Testament.  Again, such a person would
of necessity be expert in matters Greek.  ( A DMin- on the other hand-
usually has nothing to do with Greek or Hebrew because its a
"ministerial/practical" degree).
I am always running the risk of sounding elitist- but I really dont believe
anyone without the requisite academic credentials can be considered an
expert in any field- no matter how much time they have put into personal
study of a topic.
This is true of medicine, physics, and languages.

>
>Peace,
>Mitchell Gray

Best,

Jim

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