Black's and Dobson's introductions are ... the same?
Eric S. Weiss
eweiss at gte.net
Sun Jun 30 10:12:28 EDT 2002
> I understand that there is stuff in Black that is close to Ward Powers Learn
> To Read the Greek NT, too. [And Black was written after Powers.]
I'm not referring merely to "stuff that is close to" each other in these
books. It is apparent that 1) either Black is copying Dobson, or Dobson is
copying Black, without crediting their source, or 2) they both used a
common third source, again without crediting their source, or 3) a common
third writer wrote both these sections of these two different books, and
at times made only very minor changes in wording between the two, or 4)
...?
Maybe I'm being hypersensitive, but it makes me uncomfortable when I see
things like this in books by respectable scholars/teachers and publishing
companies. Plagiarism? That's what some would call it.
It's kind of like the Synoptic Problem -- i.e., who wrote first, who wrote
what, and who borrowed from who.
So ... anyone out there able to find out from Black or Dobson what's going
on? Again, if this is too far off-topic, e-mail me off-list.
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