DT 6:5 in the GNT
Mike Sangrey
msangrey at BlueFeltHat.org
Mon Jul 9 08:52:45 EDT 2001
I think Richard Smith has raised an excellent question (or set of
questions). Maybe that's just because I find this sort of thing
fascinating, but still...
Anyway, I don't have answers, but I have an additional question or
two.
Could it be that we overlay onto the Biblical cognitive environment a
modern day view of the psychological makeup of a human being? That
is, today we separate `thinking' and `emoting' and we associate these
two actions with their respective "seats": `mind' and `heart'.
However, is it that the 1st century Greek language, when used by a
semitic mind, viewed the KARDIA as the seat of the `intentions'?
Intention is a more complex animal for it involves both `thinking' and
`emoting'. It wraps both of these together and associates it with
`goal'.
Are we typically foisting an anachronism on the text when we
understand and seek to explain KARDIA in terms of modern day popular
psuedo-psychology? I say this in no way to disparage anyone's
thoughts on this; I am honestly seeking to understand it.
And are we seeing in the Gospels the 1st century Jew wrestling with
how best to translate the Hebrew text Deut 6:5 since the underlying
psychological framework has changed (or somewhat changed) from an
ancient Hebrew one to a Hellenistic one?
I would be very interested in any discussion regarding the questions
Richard Smith has raised.
Thank you.
--
Mike Sangrey
msangrey at BlueFeltHat.org
Landisburg, Pa.
"The first one last wins."
"A net of highly cohesive details reveals the truth."
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