DOXA renders kabod
Jonathan Burke
jburke at sprint.com.au
Wed Apr 24 21:49:04 EDT 2002
Hi Clay,
>
For some of us (not all) E-mail is electronic speech. Capital and capitol
have exactly the same phonetic value in the Puget Sound area. Occom, Occum,
Occam all sound exactly the same here. Which is why we don't waste each
others time on b-greek correcting spelling. Right?
>
Yeah, no worries. I wasn't criticizing, I was actually just wondering if I
was missing out on something. For all I knew, it was *me* who had the wrong
spelling. :)
I'm not worried about how you spell your ideolect, but I am concerned about
how I spell mine. :)
>
Did anyone ever answer your LSJ question?
>
Pretty much. The key is that the lexicon is being abused. Instead of
noting the Greek examples (none of which provide an example of MORFH being
used to express 'essential nature'), attention is instead being drawn to the
*English* words used to describe the term. Then appeal is made, ultimately,
to an English dictionary.
The day someone appeals to an English dictionary to define a Greek word is
the day I learn they don't know how to use a lexicon.
Jonathan Burke.
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