Mt 23:10

Steven Craig Miller scmiller at www.plantnet.com
Tue Oct 26 11:45:10 EDT 1999


To: Jim West,

<< In the Hebrew NT I happen to have the greek term kaqhghths is translated 
'moreh' here.  It sets me to pondering, is it possible that the author is 
here suggesting that the leader of the Qumran community, like the "rabbis" 
and "fathers" should not be viewed as authoritative (in such a way that 
their authority eclipses Jesus's).  I.e., were there folk in the early 
Church who did, in fact, follow rabbis, fathers, and "righteous teachers" 
and thus the author of the Gospel writes to curb the effect of their 
authority? >>

My Hebrew NT also has the Hebrew "moreh" for the Greek KAQHGHTHS. But I'm 
not for sure I understand your problem. BAGD, for KAQHGHTHS, gives 
"teacher," and BDB (p. 435), for "moreh," also gives "teacher." Wouldn't 
the simplest explanation be that the translator saw the two terms as 
roughly synonymous?

-Steven Craig Miller
Alton, Illinois (USA)
scmiller at www.plantnet.com

"There are no ultimate sources of knowledge. Every source, every suggestion 
is welcome; and every source, every suggestion, is open to critical 
examination" (Karl Popper, "Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of 
Scientific Knowledge," 1963:27).




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