The closing of Heb 1:8: a preemptive strike

CEP7 at aol.com CEP7 at aol.com
Thu May 17 20:51:47 EDT 2001


I noticed that the Heb 1:8 strike was closed after one reply. The question 
mainly concerned the use of the nominative, including the nominative for the 
vocative, and most of the responses basically stuck to that issue without 
straying into the theological implications of the various uses. It seems that 
it was closed because it had the potential for straying into theological 
discussion, not because it actually did so (apart from a brief note here and 
there). This has the potential of sending the message that any topic 
concerning Greek language and syntax that may have theological implications 
(e.g., John 1:1, Titus 2:13; 1 Tim 2:4-6, 12; 2 Tim 3:16) should now be 
avoided altogether. I'm well aware that these passages can stray into the 
theological, but IMHO a warning concerning such discussions should be issued 
before preemptively closing the thread.

Charles E. Powell, Ph.D.
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