Technology and Grammar
Eric S. Weiss
eweiss at gte.net
Fri Aug 16 12:06:12 EDT 2002
> Wrong,
>
> Rod Decker is just about the most high tech scholar you will ever run into.
> He maintains both platforms MAC/Windows so he can use all the best tools.
>
> As for any messianic notions about technology, one should carefully compare
> the quality of scholarship in the late 1800's to the late 1900's. There will
> always be incurable "progressives" who think the gadgets can replace
> thought.
>
> Clay
I remember reading one time about a famous Greek scholar (Alford?) who, in
order to determine something re: the New Testament to his satisfaction,
sat down and in short order read through the entire LXX to see the usages
of "EN", as I recall. There's probably no computer at present or for quite
some time that will be able to compete in certain areas with scholars who
have spent their lifetimes becoming as familiar with the NT, the LXX, the
Hebrew MT and other related literature as we at one time were with fairy
tales or bedtime stories. Plus, their other life experiences, readings in
linguistics, even everyday life, will likely inform them and give them
"Aha!"s about the behaviors of languages, people, communication, etc.,
that would suggest to them things about the texts they're reading that
would be unavailable to computers that are strictly working with language
and grammar programs and can't experience Life. And, after all, our
written texts came from real people living real life (and lives) and
expressing real human (and divine) thoughts.
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