[B-Greek] Reply to ...John: CAUTION
Clwinbery at aol.com
Clwinbery at aol.com
Tue Apr 1 08:42:41 EST 2003
In a message dated 3/31/03 1:59:29 PM, dnhschmidt at juno.com writes:
>Dear Carl W. Conrad,
>
>First, let me say that I greatly respect and appreciate your knowledge
>of
>Greek and of issues concerning the scholarly study of the Greek Bible.
>
>It appears to me, however, that a question regarding whether a passage
>is
>poetry or prose is as proper a focus for scholarly study of the Greek
>text as, say, a question regarding grammar.
>
>I'll also readily consider that perhaps I've misunderstood the nature of
>the B-Greek List.
>
>Sincerely,
>Dan Schmidt
Dear David,
I think what Carl stated goes to the heart of what b-greek has been defined
to be by the list owner with the input of the moderators. B-Greek is not a
list for the discussion of hermeneutical methods, theology, or translation in
general. If your question is about aspects of the Greek text that speak to
the literary forms, such as the use of relative clauses, participles, etc in
determining what is poetry, Christian hymns, or other literary types, this is
ok. If it is a discussion of more general discussion of literary types in the
text of the GNT, then it is over the line. It really is quite simple, talk
about the details of the Greek text itself in terms that can be informed by
the use of lexicons, grammar, commentaries (in their comments on the text)
and works on linquistics.
grace,
Carlton Winbery
Louisiana College
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